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Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally
Parti Démocratique de Guinée-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain
AbbreviationPDG-RDA
LeaderIsmael Gushein
FounderAhmed Sékou Touré
FoundedJune 1947
Dissolved2026
HeadquartersConakry, Guinea
NewspaperHoroya [fr]
IdeologyAfrican nationalism
African socialism
Pan-Africanism[1][2]
Ethno-nationalism[3]
Marxism[4] (until 1978)[5]
Integral nationalism[6]
Democratic centralism[7]
Political positionLeft-wing[4]
International affiliationAfrican Democratic Rally

The Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally (PDG-RDA; French: Parti Démocratique de Guinée-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain) is a political party in Guinea that dominated Guinean politics under a one-party state system from 1960 to 1984.[8]

The PDG-RDA was founded as a branch of the African Democratic Rally (RDA) in June 1947.[9] On 19 October 1958, the party severed its links with the RDA, other members of which supported a closer union with France.[10] The party's leader, Ahmed Sékou Touré, became the first president of Guinea. Two years later, he declared the PDG to be the sole legal party in the country. As president of the PDG, Touré was the only candidate for president of the republic, and as such was elected unopposed to four seven-year terms. Every five years, a single list of PDG candidates was returned to the National Assembly. After the death of Touré and a coup staged by Lansana Conté in 1984, the PDG was dissolved.

In 1992, PDG-RDA was revived under the leadership of Ismael Gushein, however, the revived PDG-RDA has not seen much success in Guinean elections.[11] The party was dissolved in 2026 by the government of president Mamady Doumbouya.[12]

Electoral history

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Presidential elections

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Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1961 Ahmed Sékou Touré 1,576,580 100% Elected Green tickY
1968 1,990,726 100% Elected Green tickY
1974 2,432,129 100% Elected Green tickY
1982 3,063,692 100% Elected Green tickY
1993 Ismael Gushein 11,696 0.6% Lost Red XN

National Assembly elections

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Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Result
1957 Ahmed Sékou Touré 584,438 77.4%
56 / 60
 Increase 56 Increase 1st Supermajority government
1963 100%
75 / 75
 Increase 19 Steady 1st Sole legal party
1968 1,990,726 100%
75 / 75
 Steady Steady 1st Sole legal party
1974 2,432,129 100%
150 / 150
 Increase 75 Steady 1st Sole legal party
1980 2,393,600 100%
210 / 210
 Increase 60 Steady 1st Sole legal party
1995 Ismael Gushein Proportional 57,942 3%
2 / 114
 Decrease 208 Decrease 6th Opposition
Constituency
2002 Proportional 107,666 3.4%
3 / 114
 Increase 1 Increase 4th Opposition
Constituency
2013 Constituency 19,603 0.66%
0 / 114
 Decrease 3 Decrease 20rd Extra-parliamentary
Proportional 10,539 0.33%
2020 Constituency
1 / 114
 Increase 1 Decrease 23rd Opposition
Proportional 27,640 0.96%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Martin, G. (2012-12-23). African Political Thought. Springer. p. 92-92. ISBN 1137062053. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  2. ^ Umi, Ahjamu (2022-11-17). "How Guinea and the PDG Helped Shape Modern Pan-Africanism". hoodcommunist.org. Retrieved 2025-05-19. […] but the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) – the Pan-Africanist political party founded by Ture, […]
  3. ^ https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/guinea/47156.htm
  4. ^ a b Datta, Ansu K. (July–September 1967). "Left-Wing Movement in Sub-Saharan Africa". India Quarterly. 23 (3): 238–239. doi:10.1177/097492846702300302. JSTOR 45069215. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
  5. ^ Johnson, Elliott; Walker, David; Gray, Daniel (9 September 2014). Historical Dictionary of Marxism. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442237988 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Abdulyakeen, Abdulrasheed (13 August 2021). "An Appraisal of SekouToure's Ideological and Integral Nationalism". SSRN 3904849.
  7. ^ Banks, Arthur S.; Overstreet, William, eds. (1983). Political Handbook of the World: 1982-1983: Governments and Intergovernmental Organisation as of January 1st 1983. McGraw-Hill. p. 196. Retrieved 2025-05-16. Organized along "democratic centralist" lines, […]
  8. ^ Kilson, Martin L. (1963). "Authoritarian and Single-Party Tendencies in African Politics". World Politics. 15 (2): 262–294. doi:10.2307/2009376. ISSN 1086-3338. JSTOR 2009376. S2CID 154624186.
  9. ^ Thomas O'Toole, Historical Dictionary of Guinea, 1978, p. 55
  10. ^ O'Toole, p. 60
  11. ^ "Elections in Guinea". Retrieved 2007-02-24.
  12. ^ Guineesource (2026-03-07). "Guinée : voici la liste complète des 40 partis politiques dissous pour « manquements » par le MATD -" (in French). Retrieved 2026-06-14.


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