Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea on 31 May 2026. This was the first legislative election since the 2021 Guinean coup d'état, in which President Alpha Condé was deposed by General Mamady Doumbouya.

Guinea presented the election as the final step in its post-coup democratic transition, however major opposition parties were barred from running. Doumbouya's electoral coalition, the Generation for Modernity and Development, received 64% of the vote and 93 of the 147 seats in the National Assembly; with its allies, the coalition received over 100 seats. The opposition boycotted the election, with observers noting low voter turnout.

Background Military general Mamadi Doumbouya has led Guinea since the 2021 Guinean coup d'état, which deposed the previous president Alpha Condé. Amnesty International has described a "climate of terror" following the coup, as the military junta has cracked down on opposition parties, civil society, and journalists. By September2025, more than 220people had been killed for opposing the government.

In September2025, a constitutional referendum passed, which extended the term limits of the presidency and reformatted the Senate. In December2025, Doumbouya was elected president. Regional blocs ECOWAS and the African Union lifted their sanctions on Guinea following the election, citing a transition to democracy. However, United Nations rights commissioner Volker Turk observed that the suppression of opposition parties and the media risked "undermining the credibility of the electoral process".

On 6March2026, the dissolved 40 political parties, including the three main opposition parties in the country: Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UDFG), Rally of the Guinean People, and Union of Republican Forces. The opposition initiated a boycott of the legislative election in response. UDFG's exiled leader and former prime minister, Cellou Dalein Diallo, called for "direct resistance". Several ministers of the National Council of the Transition controversially had their candidacies approved, despite the council's charter prohibiting its members from running for office.

On 10April2026, Doumbouya announced the postponement of the elections to 31May2026 from 24May2026. The campaign period opened on 1May and ended on 28May. Local elections take place at the same time. The opposition said one of its candidates was attacked by hooded individuals in Mamou on 30May.

Electoral system The 2025 constitutional referendum approved a bicameral legislature. The lower chamber, the National Assembly, will be directly elected. It will have 147 seats: 98 constituency seats and 49 national seats allocated to provide proportional representation using a closed list. Of the 98 constituency seats, 21 are elected by first-past-the-post in single-member constituencies (including 4 elected by overseas diaspora voters), and 76 are elected by plurality block voting in 29 constituencies ranging in size from two to five seats.

Following the legislative election, two-thirds of the Senate will be indirectly elected and one-third of the Senate will be appointed by the president per the new constitution.

Results The following are the provisional results from the General Directorate of Elections. According to the provisional results, 3,741,573voters cast their ballots for a turnout of 52.87%. The final results are set to be certified by the in mid-June.

Results by constituency Results by constituency

Analysis Doumbouya's landslide victory was expected by observers, given that all the main opposition parties were banned in March. It further consolidated Doumbouya's political power, with GMD and its allies winning over 100 seats. The election was presented as the end of the democratic transition process initiated by Doumbouya following the 2021 coup. The Guinean Supreme Court is set to confirm the results by mid-June.

The conduct of the election was peaceful and monitored by ECOWAS and other countries. Observers noted that there was low voter turnout. Contributing factors include the banning of opposition parties, widespread boycotts from the opposition and their supporters, and a lack of voter confidence following the 2025 presidential election and constitutional referendum. The election took place four days after Eid al-Adha; many Guineans (Guinea is 80% Muslim) travelled far away from the constituencies that they were registered to vote in and had yet to return, including 10,000 pilgrims that had embarked on the Hajj.

Following the election, several opposition parties initiated a legal appeal contesting the results. The Democratic Front of Guinea and Avenir Guinée Nouvelle allegedly found irregularities between their tallies and the official results; Gbessia d'Abord joined the legal action because the General Directorate of Elections did not provide them with the data for 11 polling stations. The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding denounced functional failures in the electoral efforts, as well as "proven cases of corruption, pressure, and administrative interference". An Avenir Guinée Nouvelle candidate claimed that his name on the official tally was incorrectly swapped with that of another party member's, causing confusion at the polling station.

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