Rally of the Guinean People

The Rally of the Guinean People (French: Rassemblement du Peuple Guinéen, sometimes translated as Guinean People's Assembly; RPG) is a political party in Guinea. The RPG was the ruling party in the country from 2010 to 2021 and was recently led by Alpha Condé. It is mainly based amongst the Mandinka population.

Rally of the Guinean People Rassemblement du Peuple Guinéen
Leader	Alpha Condé
Founded	1960s (as a political organisation) April 1992 (as a political party)
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism Progressivism
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance Socialist International
National Assembly	79 / 114
Politics of Guinea Political parties Elections

The party boycotted the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002.^[1]

Following the dismissal of Lansana Kouyaté as Prime Minister and his replacement by Ahmed Tidiane Souaré on 20 May 2008, the RPG denounced Kouyaté's dismissal and, unlike other opposition parties, declined to attend a meeting with Souaré on 28 May to discuss the formation of a national unity government. According to the RPG, positive change would not come as long as President Lansana Conté remained in power, regardless of who was Prime Minister or who was included in the government, and the party said that it would not participate in the government.^[2]

The party is affiliated to the Progressive Alliance^[3] and Socialist International.^[4]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
		First round		Second round
1993	Alpha Condé	407,221	19.55%	–	–	Lost N
1998		429,934	16.58%	–	–	Lost N
2003		Boycotted
2010		323,406	18.26%	1,474,973	52.52%	Elected Y
2015		2,285,827	57.85%	–	–	Elected Y
2020		2,438,815	59.49%	–	–	Elected Y

National Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Result
		Constituency		Proportional
1995	Alpha Condé	354,927	19.2%			19 / 114	19	2nd	Opposition
2002		Boycotted				0 / 81	19		Extra-parliamentary
2013		1,405,585	47.58%	1,468,119	46.26%	53 / 114	53	1st	Minority government
2020		2,417,836	89.05%	1,591,650	55.27%	79 / 114	26	1st	Supermajority government

References

1. "Elections in Guinea". Retrieved 24 February 2007.
2. "Guinean PM, politicians discuss formation of union govt"^{[permanent dead link‍]}, African Press Agency, 29 May 2008.
3. "Participants | Progressive Alliance". Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
4. "Socialist International - Progressive Politics for a Fairer World". Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2014.