2017 Equatorial Guinean parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 12 November 2017. The ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea won all but one of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies, every seat in the Senate and control of every local council.[1]
Electoral system
editThe 100 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by closed-list proportional representation from multi-member constituencies based on the 19 electoral districts[2] with an electoral threshold of 10%.[3] 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.[4]
Results
editChamber of Deputies
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea | 99 | 0 | |||
| Citizens for Innovation | 1 | New | |||
| Together We Can | 0 | –1 | |||
| Total | 100 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 272,022 | 99.46 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,480 | 0.54 | |||
| Total votes | 273,502 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 325,555 | 84.01 | |||
| Source: GEP, GEP | |||||
Senate
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea | 55 | +1 | |||
| Citizens for Innovation | 0 | New | |||
| Together We Can | 0 | –1 | |||
| Appointed members | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 70 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 272,022 | 99.46 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,480 | 0.54 | |||
| Total votes | 273,502 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 325,555 | 84.01 | |||
| Source: GEP,GEP | |||||
References
edit- ^ The people of Equatorial Guinea cast majority vote in favour of PDGE project Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine Equatorial Guinea Press, 18 November 2017
- ^ "Decreto Presidencial por el que se disuelve la Cámara de los Diputados, el Senado y los Ayuntamientos y se convoca elecciones generales para la Cámara de los Diputados, el Senado y Municipales" (PDF) (in Spanish). Government of Equatorial Guinea. 15 September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ Chamber of Deputies: Electoral system IPU
- ^ Senate: Electoral system IPU