Marcel Kalla is a Congolese politician who has served as a Deputy in the

National Assembly of Congo-Brazzaville The National Assembly (french: Assemblée nationale) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of the Republic of the Congo. It has 151 members, elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies. Colonial elections * 1946–47 ...

since 2012.

Political career

In the June–August 2007 parliamentary election, Kalla stood as an independent candidate in Mabombo constituency, located in

Bouenza Region Bouenza (can also be written as ''Buenza'') is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southern part of the country. It borders the departments of Lékoumou, Niari, and Pool, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...

. In the first round of voting, Kalla placed first with 31.25% of the vote, ahead of Christophe Moukouéké, the candidate of the main opposition party, 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' ...

(UPADS), who received 27.42%. Initial results for the second round showed that Kalla won the seat, defeating Moukouéké. However, UPADS contested the result in Mabombo and four other constituencies. On 13 August 2007, Francois Ibovi, the Minister of Territorial Administration, announced a correction in the results for Mabombo, stating that Moukouéké had actually won the seat with 59.01% of the vote;"Un candidat de l'opposition repêché après rectificatif au Congo"
Panapress, 13 August 2007 .Thierry Noungou
"Le gouvernement annonce la victoire de Christophe Moukouéké aux législatives de Mabombo"
''Les Dépêches de Brazzaville'', 13 August 2007 . the previously announced result was attributed to a clerical error. In the July–August 2012 parliamentary election, Kalla stood as the candidate of the

Congolese Labour Party 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, Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist vanguard party w ...

(PCT) in Mabombo and won the seat with 57.14% of the vote, defeating Moukouéké. Standing as a PCT candidate, Kalla was elected as a local councillor in Mabombo in the September 2014 local elections. In the July 2017 parliamentary election, he was re-elected to the National Assembly as the PCT candidate in Mabombo, winning the seat in the first round with 57% of the vote."Les résultats tels que publiés par le ministre de l’intérieur et de la décentralisation"
''La Semaine Africaine'', number 3,711, 25 July 2017, page 7 .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalla, Marcel Living people Members of the National Assembly (Republic of the Congo) Year of birth missing (living people)