Guinea Bissau President Embalo's ruling party loses legislative polls

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Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo who heads the ruling party Movement for the Democratic Alternative. PHOTO | LUDOVIC MARIN | AFP

Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s Movement for the Democratic Alternative (MADEM-G15) has lost out on a crucial parliamentary polls in the country, the latest data from Sunday’s legislative elections showed.

According to the country’s National Electoral Commission (CNE), the polls were the seventh legislative elections where 20 political parties and two electoral coalitions contested.