Overview
- Roughly 6.8 million voters were called to choose among nine candidates, with Mamadi Doumbouya widely viewed as the frontrunner after previously pledging not to run.
- Opposition parties urged a boycott of the vote, and analysts say turnout will be the main point of contention.
- Security services reported neutralizing an armed group in Conakry’s Sonfonia hours before polls opened, with a judicial investigation launched and residents citing overnight gunfire and traces of blood.
- A constitution approved in September extended the presidential term to seven years and allowed junta members to contest, with authorities reporting 91% turnout in that referendum.
- Doumbouya has highlighted the start of Simandou iron extraction as a key achievement as the UN flagged intimidation during the campaign and World Bank data show 52% of Guineans lived below the poverty line in 2024.