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Elections In Africa
This page lists the most recent (direct) national elections in African countries. Algeria * Presidential: 12 December 2019 * People's National Assembly: 12 June 2021 Angola * Presidential: 24 August 2022 * National Assembly: 24 August 2022 Benin * Presidential: 11 April 2021 * National Assembly: 28 April 2019 Botswana * Presidential: 23 October 2019 * National Assembly: 23 October 2019 Burkina Faso * Presidential: 22 November 2020 * National Assembly: 22 November 2020 Burundi * Presidential: 20 May 2020 * National Assembly: 20 May 2020 * Constitutional Referendum: 17 May 2018 Cameroon * Presidential: 7 October 2018 * National Assembly: 9 February 2020 Cape Verde * Presidential: 17 October 2021 * National Assembly: 20 March 2016 Central African Republic * Presidential: 30 December 2015 and 14 February 2016 * National Assembly: 14 February and 31 March 2016 Chad * Presidential: 10 April 2016 * National Assembly: 13 February 2011 * Constitutional Referendum: 6 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organisations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot. Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Cameroon
Cameroon elects, on a national level, a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven-year term by the people; a two-term limit on the office was removed through a parliamentary vote in April 2008. The National Assembly (''Assemblée Nationale'') has 180 members, elected for a five-year term in 49 single and multi-seat constituencies. Cameroon also has a Senate, with 100 elected officials, each serving 5 years. 70 of these are elected by a regional council, while 30 are elected directly from the president. Cameroon is a one party dominant state with the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. Independent candidates are barred from running in parliamentary and municipal elections. They are permitted to run in presidential elections, but there has never been an independent presidential candidate due to the very exacting legal req ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Comorian Presidential Election
Early presidential elections were held in the Comoros on 24 March 2019 alongside regional elections.Comoros: Presidential elections scheduled for March 2019 Garda World, 31 December 2018 A second round would have been held on 21 April if required, but incumbent President was re-elected in the first round of voting. Electoral system Until 2018, the of the Comoros rotated between the country's three main ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Comoros
Elections in the Comoros take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a presidential system. The President and the majority of the seats in the Assembly of the Union are directly elected. Electoral history Following World War II, the Comoros began to elect representatives to the French National Assembly, with Saïd Mohamed Cheikh elected from the islands in 1945. The following year the islands elected a General Council for the first time. In 1952 the Council became the Territorial Assembly, and in 1962 became the Chamber of Deputies. Following independence in the mid-1970s, presidential elections were held in October 1978, with Ahmed Abdallah as the sole candidate. In parliamentary elections in December that year all candidates ran as independents. Shortly before the 1982 parliamentary elections the Comorian Union for Progress (Uzdima) had been declared the sole legal party, and won 37 of the 38 seats, with the remaining one going to an independent. Abdall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Chadian Constitutional Referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Chad on 6 June 2005. The amendments to the constitution were approved by 66% of voters. Background The proposed amendments to the constitution included the removal of two-term limit on the President, the replacement of the Senate with a Cultural, Economic and Social Council and giving the President powers to amend the constitution. The amendments were proposed by incumbent President Idriss Déby, who was due to complete his second term in 2006. In June 2001 Déby had promised to step down after his second term, stating: ''I make a public commitment: I will not be candidate at the 2006 presidential election. I will not change the Constitution ..What remains to do for me in my last mandate, is to prepare Chad for alternation in government''. Campaign While Dèby's Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) campaigned for "yes", the opposition was divided among those who called for a boycott of the vote and those who called for a "no" vote. The abst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Chadian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Chad on Sunday, 13 February 2011, the first since 2002. The elections were originally scheduled for 28 November 2010, but were postponed following a meeting in September between the ruling party and opposition leaders. According to the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI), this was due to timing constraints caused by complications encountered during electoral preparations. The administration of President Idriss Déby has been in power since 1990, and his party, the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), had won nearly three-quarters of seats in the 2002 elections, but the results were condemned by observers as flawed. Since 1990, the results of Chad's elections have been consistently disputed by opposition parties and civil organisations. This year's elections were the result of an accord signed by the ruling party and its opponents in August 2007, under the auspices of the European Union, to foster democracy in the war-torn country. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Chadian Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Chad on 10 April 2016. Incumbent President Idriss Déby was re-elected for a fifth term. Background In the electoral system introduced in 1996, the President of Chad is elected to a five-year term using a two-round system, with an absolute majority required to prevent a second round of voting. 23 candidates submitted their applications to run for the presidency. President Idriss Déby ran for a fifth term in office and was expected to win. One of the opposition's most prominent members, Ngarlejy Yorongar, was prevented from running due to administrative irregularities. Conduct Chad's opposition led a large-scale nationwide shutdown on 24 February 2016 to protest Déby's continuing 26-year tenure. The nationwide strike brought many of Chad's towns and the capital N'Djamena to a halt with markets, schools, transport, district centers and various operations shut down. It was the sixth major protest against Déby since the beginning of the year and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Chad
Chad holds elections on national level for a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly (''Assemblée Nationale'') has 155 members, elected for a four-year term in 25 single-member constituencies and 34 multi-member constituencies. Chad is a one party dominant state with the Patriotic Salvation Movement in power, although according to the African Union, elections in Chad are generally free and fair. Human Rights Watch, however, has criticized the election process in Chad, arguing that they have problems such as electoral fraud, multiple voting, underage voting, and low voter turnout. History of elections Former president, Idriss Déby, seized power in 1990 through a rebellion. The second election of Déby was reported by international observers to be fraudulent. In 1997, parliamentary elections were held, with the MPS party of Déby winning 63 of the 125 seats existing at the time. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 Central African General Election
General elections were held in the Central African Republic on 30 December 2015 to elect the president and National Assembly. As no presidential candidate received more than 50% of the vote, and following the annulling of the results of the National Assembly elections by the Transitional Constitutional Court, a second round of the presidential elections and a re-run of the parliamentary elections were held on 14 February 2016, with second round run-offs for the parliamentary elections on 31 March. The elections were delayed several times. The original elections were scheduled for 18 October, then postponed, whilst the second round of presidential elections was set for 31 January 2016.Crispin Dembassa-Kette"Former Central African Republic PM leads in presidential vote" Reuters, 2 January 2016. Acting President Catherine Samba-Panza was not allowed to stand as a candidate. Following the second round of presidential elections, former prime minister Faustin-Archange Touadéra was dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In The Central African Republic
The Central African Republic elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly (''Assemblée Nationale'') has 105 members, elected for a five-year term using the two-round (or Run-off) system. The country has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful. See also *Electoral calendar *Electoral system An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and Referendum, referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political ... * 2020 Central African general election External linksAdam Carr's Election Archive [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Cape Verdean Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde on 20 March 2016. The ruling African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), led by Janira Hopffer Almada, was defeated by the Movement for Democracy (MpD), led by Ulisses Correia e Silva. Electoral system The 72 members of the National Assembly are elected from 16 multi-member constituencies ranging in size from 2 to 15 seats. The elections are held using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. Campaign A total of 551 candidates ran for election, including 173 women. Results List of elected MPs Reactions *African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa ...: The African Union team of 20 observers declared that the elections held were fair and conducted in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Cape Verdean Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 17 October 2021. The result was a victory for José Maria Neves of the opposition African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), who received 51.8% of the vote. Background The outgoing president Jorge Carlos Fonseca was first elected after the 2011 election, and was re-elected in 2016 after winning 74% of the popular vote. Electoral system The president was elected using the two-round system by registered voters residing in the country and abroad. Eligible candidates must be citizens "of Cape Verdean origin, who hold no other nationality"; over 35 years of age on the date of candidacy; and have resided in the country for three years prior to that date. The application to register as a candidate must be presented to the Constitutional Court for approval, and requires the signatures of at least 1,000 and at most 4,000 electors. On 27 July 2021 incumbent president Jorge Carlos Fonseca issued a decree confirming that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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