Nigeria, May 26 -- On 31 May, 6.8 million citizens will choose their Members of Parliament (MPs) and municipal councillors in Guinea's legislative and local elections. The polls are part of the ongoing process of returning to constitutional order, following the December 2025 presidential election won by President Mamady Doumbouya with 86.72% of the vote.

After Guinea's 2021 coup, a transition timetable was agreed with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 2022. But although the country has made institutional and political progress in a region facing a crisis of democracy, the elections remain controversial.

On the positive side, this month's polls mark the implementation of the bicameral system introduced following t...