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2020 Guinean presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Guinea on 18 October 2020. Incumbent president Alpha Condé was running for a third term.[1][2] He was challenged by former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo,[3] as well as several other candidates.
Background
Main article: 2020 Guinean constitutional referendum
The Guinean constitution limits a president to two terms. However, changes in the new constitution passed in the controversial constitutional referendum earlier in the year included resetting the presidential terms allowing incumbent president Alpha Condé to run for a third term.[4] Both the referendum and the legislative election being run alongside it was boycotted by most of the opposition, and was marred by protests.[5][6]
Former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo who ran against Condé and placed second in the previous two presidential elections ran again after first considering b
