The second round of the 2019 Guinea-Bissau Presidential Elections will be between Domingos Simões Pereira of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) and Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Madem G15 after the multi-candidate race failed to produce a majority vote last 24 November 2019. The second round will be held on 29 December this year.

Pereira, who served as  Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister from 2014-2015, got 40.13% or 22,870 of the total votes cast while Embaló, also a former Prime Minister, got 27.65% or 153,530 votes.

The first round was participated in by 12 candidates. In addition to Pereira and Embaló, the 2019 presidential contenders are:

Candidate	Political Party	24 November 2019 (First round)
Votes	%
Domingos Simões Pereira	PAIGC	222,870	40.13
Umaro Sissoco Embaló	Madem G15	153,530	27.65
Nuno Gomes Nabiam	Assembly of the People United	73,063	13.16
José Mário Vaz	Independent	68,933	12.41
Carlos Gomes Júnior	Independent	14,766	2.66
Baciro Djá	Patriotic Front of National Salvation	7,126	1.28
Vicente Fernandes	Democratic Convergence Party	4,250	0.76
Mamadú Iaia Djaló	New Democracy Party	2,813	0.51
Idrissa Djaló	National Unity Party	2,569	0.46
Mutaro Intai Djabi	Independent	2,385	0.43
Gabriel Fernando Indi	United Social Democratic Party	1,982	0.36
António Afonso Té	Republican Party for Independence and Development	1,061	0.19
Invalid/blank votes	11,125	–
Total	566,473	100

The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of 1,874,303 based on the 2018 data. Its gross domestic product is $3.391 billion and a per capita of
$1,951.

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