Overview
- Roughly 860,000 registered voters will choose among 12 presidential contenders and elect 102 members of parliament after the legislature was dissolved in December 2023.
- The Supreme Court disqualified Domingos Simoes Pereira and the PAIGC for late filings, and opposition figures allege manipulation of the electoral process.
- President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is widely viewed as the frontrunner for a second term, according to current reporting.
- More than 6,780 security personnel, including units from the ECOWAS Stabilisation Force, have been deployed for the vote and the post-election period.
- Key challengers include former president Jose Mario Vaz and Fernando Dias, who has support from PAIGC and Pereira, as the campaign unfolds alongside reported coup plots and a resurgent cocaine transit trade highlighted by a 2.63-ton seizure in 2024.