National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau

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The unicameral National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese:Assembleia Nacional Popular da Guiné-Bissau) is the country's legislative body.

The current National People's Assembly, formed following elections held on 28 March 2004, has a total of 102 seats. 100 members are elected through a system of party-list proportional representation. The remaining two seats are reserved for Guinea-Bissau citizens living overseas, but they were not filled in the most recent election. Members serve five-year terms.

Political party distribution in the current National People's Assembly is as follows:

e•d Summary of the 28 March 2004 **National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau** election results
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência de Guiné e Cabo Verde)	145,316	33.88	45
Party for Social Renewal (Partido para a Renovaçao Social)	113,656	26.50	35
United Social Democratic Party (Partido Unido Social Democrático)	75,485	17.60	17
United Platform (Plataforma Unida)	20,700	4.83	-
Electoral Union (União Eleitoral)	18,354	4.28	2
Democratic Socialist Party (Partido Democrático Socialista)	8,789	2.05	-
Union for Change (União para a Mudança)	8,621	2.01	-
Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement (Resistência da Guiné-Bissau-Movimento Bafatá)	7,918	1.85	-
National Unity Party (Partido da Unidade Nacional)	6,260	1.46	-
United People's Alliance (Aliança Popular Unida)	5,817	1.36	1
National Union for Democracy and Progress (União Nacional para a Democracia e o Progresso)	5,042	1.18	-
Guinean Civic Forum-Social Democracy (Fórum Cívico Guineense-Social Democracia)	4,209	0.98	-
Guinean Democratic Movement (Movimento Democrático Guineense)	4,202	0.98	-
Manifest Party of the People (Partido do Manifesto do Povo)	3,402	0.79	-
Socialist Party of Guinea-Bissau (Partido Socialista da Guiné-Bissau)	1,167	0.27	-
Total (turnout 76.2%)	428,937	100.00	100
Registered voters	603,639
Total votes cast	460,254
Invalid votes	31,317
Source: African Elections Database

Fourteen women occupy seats in the National People's Assembly.

Francisco Benante is the current president of the National People's Assembly.

[edit] Previous National People's Assembly election results

The National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau.

Political Party	Election Year
Political Party	1994	1999
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC)	62	24
Party for Social Renewal (PRS)	12	38
Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement (RGB-MB)	19	29
Union for Change (UM)	06	03
Front for the Liberation and Independence of Guinea (FLING)	01	-
Democratic Alliance (AD)	-	03
Social Democratic Party (PSD)	-	03
Democratic Social Front (FDS)	-	01
National Union for Democracy and Progress (UNDP)	-	01
Total	100	102