Parliamentary elections were held in the
Republic of the Congo in July 2022, with the first round completed on 10 July. A second round was scheduled for 31 July in constituencies where no candidates were elected in the first round.
Electoral system
Members of the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
are elected in single-member constituencies using the
two-round system
The two-round system (TRS), also known as runoff voting, second ballot, or ballotage, is a voting method used to elect a single candidate, where voters cast a single vote for their preferred candidate. It generally ensures a majoritarian resu ...
; if no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the first round, a run-off is held.
Results
First round
It was reported that the ruling
Congolese Party of Labour
The Congolese Party of Labour (french: Parti congolais du travail, PCT) is the ruling party of the Republic of the Congo. Founded in 1969 by Marien Ngouabi, it was originally a pro-Soviet, Marxist–Leninist vanguard party which founded the P ...
had won 102 of the 142 elected seats in the first round, enough for a supermajority on its own. They also had 14 candidates move on to a run-off. The
Pan-African Union for Social Democracy
The Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (french: Union panafricaine pour la démocratie sociale, UPADS) is a political party in the Republic of the Congo headed by Pascal Lissouba, who was President from 1992 to 1997. It has been the country ...
won four seats in the first round, with four candidates moving on to a run-off. The
Union of Humanist Democrats won three seats in the first round, with seven candidates moving on to a run-off.
Second round
On 3 August, provisional results