2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election

2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election
19 June 2005 (first round)
24 July 2005 (second round)
 
Nominee João Bernardo Vieira Malam Bacai Sanhá
Party Independent PAIGC
Popular vote 216,167 196,759
Percentage 52.35% 47.65%
President before election

Henrique Rosa
Independent

Elected President

João Bernardo Vieira
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 19 June 2005, with a second round runoff on 24 July. The elections marked the end of a transition to democratic rule after the previously elected government was overthrown in a September 2003 military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra. The result was a victory for former president and independent candidate João Bernardo Vieira.

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