Guinean presidential election, 1998

Presidential elections were held in Guinea on 14 December 1998. The result was a victory for incumbent President Lansana Conté of the Party of Unity and Progress, who won 56.1% of the vote. Voter turnout was 71.4%.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Lansana Conté	Party of Unity and Progress	1,455,007	56.1
Mamadou Bah	Union for Progress and Renewal	638,563	24.6
Alpha Condé	Rally of the Guinean People	429,934	16.6
Jean Marie Doré	Union for the Progress of Guinea	44,476	1.7
Charles Pascal Tolno	Guinean Peoples' Party	24,771	1.0
Invalid/blank votes		63,092	–
Total		2,656,113	100
Registered voters/turnout		3,719,197	71.4
Source: African Elections Database