Elections in the Republic of the Congo
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The Republic of the Congo elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected by the people. The Parliament (Parlement) has two chambers. The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 153 members, for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate (Sénat) has 66 members, elected for a six-year term by district, local and regional councils. The Republic of Congo is a one party dominant state with the Congolese Labour Party in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Elections are governed by Congo's election law, most recently modified in 2016.
Latest elections
Presidential elections
Provisional results, which were announced by Interior Minister Raymond Mboulou on 17 March, revealed that the incumbent president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, was re-elected to a fifth term with 94.82% of the vote.[1] Mboulou reported that the turnout of the election was 84.65%,[2] with a total of 2.6 million ballots cast.[1] However, this was in contrast to polling stations in Brazzaville being observed to have short lines or no lines at all.[3] AAD candidate Mabio Mavoungou Zinga, the closest challenger to Sassou Nguesso, won 1.48% of the vote.[4] Independent candidate Uphrem Dave Mafoula followed in third place with 1.03% of the vote.[5]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Sassou Nguesso | Congolese Party of Labour | 2,509,456 | 94.90 | |
| Mavoungou Zinga Mabio | Alliance for Democratic Alternation in 2026 | 37,141 | 1.40 | |
| Uphrem Dave Mafoula | Independent | 27,254 | 1.03 | |
| Destin Gavet | Republican Movement | 23,060 | 0.87 | |
| Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou | La Chaine | 22,744 | 0.86 | |
| Vivien Romain Manangou | Independent | 15,994 | 0.60 | |
| Nganguia Engambé Anguios | Party for the Action of the Republic | 8,694 | 0.33 | |
| Total | 2,644,343 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 2,644,343 | 98.60 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 37,578 | 1.40 | ||
| Total votes | 2,681,921 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,155,751 | 84.99 | ||
| Source: Constitutional Court | ||||
Parliamentary elections
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | First round | Second round | Seats | |||||||||
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Extended mandate[a] | Total | +/− | ||||
| Congolese Party of Labour | 72 | 19 | 5 | 96 | +7 | |||||||
| Pan-African Union for Social Democracy | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | +1 | |||||||
| Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −3 | |||||||
| Action and Renewal Movement | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| Rally for Democracy and Social Progress | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −2 | |||||||
| Dynamic for the Republic and Recovery | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | New | |||||||
| Union for a People's Movement | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | |||||||
| Citizen Rally | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −2 | |||||||
| Republican and Liberal Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Club 2002 – Party for the Unity and the Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Union of Democratic Forces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Party for Agreement and Political Action | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |||||||
| Patriotic Front | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |||||||
| Movement for Democracy and Progress | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |||||||
| Party for Unity, Liberty and Progress | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |||||||
| Congress for Democracy and the Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | |||||||
| Republican Convention for Democracy and Progress | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | |||||||
| La Chaîne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | |||||||
| National Movement for the Liberation of Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | |||||||
| Independents | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 | +7 | |||||||
| Total | 95 | 47 | 9 | 151 | +12 | |||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,221,596 | – | ||||||||||
| Source: Jeune Afrique, IPU | ||||||||||||
- The elections were not held in the Pool Department (9 seats). Instead, the term of the nine outgoing deputies was extended: Of these, five belonged to the Congolese Party of Labour and four to the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development.
