Parliamentary elections were held in

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between 16 and 18 September 2013. The result was a victory for the

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, which maintained its absolute majority in the

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, winning 41 of the 80 seats.

Electoral system

Of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, 53 were directly elected by closed list

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with an electoral threshold of 5%. A further 27 seats were indirectly elected by local and national councils, including 24 reserved for women, two for representatives of youth and one for representatives of handicapped.Rwandans vote in parliamentary elections
Al Jazeera, 16 September 2013

Conduct

In the weekend preceding the election, on 13 and 14 September, two grenades exploded in a Kigali market. The Rwandan government blamed the

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(FDLR), the remnants of the force responsible for the 1994

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. Questions were asked about the credibility of the election as transparent, free and fair.Rwanda: A democracy in the making?
Al Jazeera, 16 September 2013 Voting was otherwise reported as orderly.

Results

References

Elections in Rwanda

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