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                  9. Pictures of Electoral Processes/Voter Education     4. Advance Voting
                                                                             Yes

                                                                         5. Compulsory Voting
                                                                             No



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                                                                         1. Date of formation
                                                                             2007
                                                                         2. Number of polling stations
                                                                             11,998

                                                                         3. Voting age
                                                                             18
                                                                         4. Election system
                                                                             Presidential : two round system, absolute majority

                                                                             Parliamentary:  38  deputes  elected  from  sin-
                                                                             gle-member  districts  using  a  first-past-the-post
                                                                             system
                                                                             The other 76 deputes are selected through a party
                   In this file photograph, taken ahead of the 2014          list proportional representation system
                   elections in Guinea-Bissau, civic education officials
                   visit communities and explain voting procedures to        Local elections :
                   local populations.
                                                                         5. Opening and closing time of polling stations
                (C) ELECTION CALENDAR                                        Opening:                7                am
                                                                             Closing: 6 pm
                  1. Last Elections Dates                                6. Counting process
                      28 September 2013                                      Votes will be counted at the polling station level.
                                                                             Hard copy results will then be transmitted to the
                  2. Future Election Calendar                                Administrative Commissions for the Centralization
                      28 December 2019                                       of Votes located in each of the 38 prefectures for
                                                                             the first phase of tabulation.
                  3. Are there any fixed election days/dates
                      No                                                     A hard copy of tabulated results will then be sent

                                                            Term of
                 Information on elections  # seats                         # candidates / political parties    #districts
                                                            office
                 Presidential Elections   1                 5              8                                  1

                 National Assembly        114               5                                                 38
                 Local government         342               5              30,000                             342



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