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2023 Republic of the Congo Senate election

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2023 Republic of the Congo Senate election

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20 August 2023

All 72 seats in the Senate
37 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Seats +/–
PCT Denis Sassou Nguesso 52 +8
RDPS Jean-Marc Thystère Tchicaya 3 +1
MAR Roland Bouiti-Viaudo 2 0
Club 2002 Wilfrid Nguesso 2 +1
PRL Nicéphore Fylla de Saint-Eudes 1 0
UDLC 1 0
MCDDI 1 +1
RC Claude Alphonse Nsilou 1 +1
LCEM 1 +1
UPADS Pascal Tsaty Mabiala 1 −1
Independents – 7 −5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the Senate before President of the Senate after
Pierre Ngolo Pierre Ngolo[1]

Senate elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 20 August 2023.[2][3][4]

The Senate is composed of 72 senators elected indirectly for a six-year term using first-past-the-post voting by an electoral college composed of municipal and departmental councillors with each of the twelve departments electing six senators.[5]

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