2013 Equatorial Guinean parliamentary election
Appearance
Parliamentary elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 26 May 2013, alongside local elections. Following constitutional reforms approved in a 2011 referendum, they were the first elections in which the newly established Senate is elected.[1] The ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea won all but one seat in both houses of Parliament.
Electoral system
[edit]The Senate has 70 members, of which 55 were elected and 15 were to be appointed by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.[2]
The 100 members of the Chamber of People's Representatives were elected by closed list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies.[3]
Results
[edit]Senate
[edit]Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea | 54 | |
Convergence for Social Democracy | 1 | |
Appointed members | 15 | |
Total | 70 | |
Source: Government of Equatorial Guinea |
Chamber of People's Representatives
[edit]Party | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea | 99 | +10 | |
Convergence for Social Democracy | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 100 | 0 | |
Source: Government of Equatorial Guinea |
References
[edit]- ^ Equatorial Guinea to put key reforms in place at May elections Archived 2013-01-24 at the Wayback Machine The Nation, 23 January 2013
- ^ Election Profile IFES
- ^ Electoral System IPU