Results announced on state broadcaster RTG by the Director General of Elections, Djenabou Touré, show General Doumbouya winning overwhelming majorities across key municipalities in the capital, Conakry.
In districts including Kaloum, Matam, Sonfonia, and Ratoma, the junta leader secured scores often exceeding 80 percent.
The early results also indicate a similar trend beyond the capital. General Doumbouya is leading comfortably in Coyah, near Conakry, as well as in several provincial areas, including Boffa and Fria in western Guinea, Gaoual in the northwest, Koundara and Labé in the north, and Nzérékoré in the southeast.
Widely viewed as the favorite, General Doumbouya appears on course for a first-round victory in an election organized more than four years after the September 2021 coup that ousted President Alpha Condé, who had ruled Guinea since 2010.
High Turnout Claimed Amid Boycott Calls
According to the electoral authority, voter participation stood at 85 percent, a figure presented by Djenabou Touré as a key outcome of the vote in the absence of heavyweight opposition candidates. Nearly 6.8 million voters, including about 125,000 Guineans abroad, were registered to take part in the election.
However, the reported turnout has been strongly contested by opposition-linked groups. The National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC), a citizens’ movement demanding a return to civilian rule, rejected the official figures, describing the poll as an “electoral charade.” In a statement issued Monday, the FNDC claimed that “an overwhelming majority of Guineans chose to boycott” the vote, though it provided no supporting data.
Most prominent opposition leaders were barred from contesting the election and had called on their supporters to stay away from the polls, arguing that the process lacked credibility and took place in a context of shrinking political freedoms.
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