89% of Guinean voters endorse the country’s new constitution

In Guinea, 89% of voters supported a new constitution that would allow junta leader Mamady Doumbouya to run for government, according to final preliminary results announced late Tuesday.

Ibrahima Kalil Conde, the minister of territory administration, declared that 89.38% of voters supported the proposed constitution, with 86.42% of the 6.7 million registered voters casting ballots, according to preliminary results that are pending certification by the Constitutional Court.

The transitional framework that prohibited members of the reigning junta from running for office has been replaced by the new charter, making it possible for Doumbouya to compete in the December 2025 presidential election, though he has not stated if he would.

A new Senate and extended presidential terms (from five to seven years, renewable once) are among the institutional changes brought about by the new constitution.

In 2021, Doumbouya took control of Guinea, which has the biggest bauxite reserves in the world. Between 2020 and 2023, eight coups raced through West and Central Africa, including this one.

With a provisional turnout of 86.42% and 5,951,807 voters recorded across all constituencies, Guineans turned out in force despite calls for a boycott from opposition leaders like former President Alpha Conde and Cellou Dalein Diallo, both of whom are currently suspended from political activity. Many of them expressed a desire to move past military rule.

Politicians in the opposition disputed the turnout, pointing to a “abnormally high” rate in contrast to what they saw at polling places.