Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 12 November 2017. The ruling

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won all but one of the seats in the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

, every seat in the

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and control of every local council.

Electoral system

The 100 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by closed-list

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

from multi-member constituencies based on the 19 electoral districts with an

electoral threshold The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can ...

of 10%. Of the 70 members of the Senate, 55 are elected from the same 19 electoral districts also by closed-list proportional representation and with an electoral threshold of 10%. An additional 15 members are appointed.Senate: Electoral system
IPU

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Senate

References

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Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Legislative elections in Equatorial Guinea

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