Overview
- Polling runs 07:00–17:00 GMT with provisional results expected within 48 hours, according to officials.
- About 860,000 registered voters are choosing among 12 presidential candidates alongside a full parliamentary vote for 102 seats.
- Analysts flag a tight contest led by President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and opposition-backed Fernando Dias, with a runoff required if no candidate tops 50%.
- Authorities closed air, land and sea borders for election day and deployed more than 6,780 security personnel, including ECOWAS forces.
- Opposition figures question Embalo’s mandate and cite past coups and drug-trafficking pressures as risks to post-election stability.