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Doumbouya sets Guinea’s regional elections for 29 November

By , based on Mosaiqueguinee

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Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya has called 7,873 municipal councillors to elect regional councillors on 29 November 2026, followed by 8,780 voters to choose two-thirds of the Senate on 20 December. The decree sets the timetable and electoral colleges, according to national broadcaster RTG.

Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya has called voters to regional elections on 29 November 2026 and Senate elections on 20 December 2026, according to a decree read out on national television RTG on Tuesday 3 November and reported by Mosaiqueguinee. The regional elections will bring together 7,873 municipal councillors responsible for electing regional councillors.

For the Senate election, the electoral college will comprise 8,780 people: municipal councillors and the newly elected regional councillors. Voters will choose two-thirds of the members of Parliament’s upper house on 20 December 2026, according to Mosaiqueguinee.

The decree follows the announcement of the date of the regional elections, scheduled for 29 November 2026. The Senate election is to extend this timetable with an electoral college expanded by the regional election.

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  3. 26 OctIsmaël Condé appointed director of Guinea’s FDSI
  4. 26 OctDoumbouya appoints Fana Soumah and Ramatoulaye Camara as ministers
  5. 24 OctDoumbouya defends land reclassification in Simbaya
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