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DJIBOUTI, Elections and Parliament
DJIBOUTI
Elections and Parliament
The Parliament of Djibouti is unicameral.
- Name of Parliament: National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
- Number of seats: 65
- Term of legislature: 5 years
- Required age for voting: 18
- Required age for membership: 23
Deputies are elected in 5 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the country’s five administrative districts. Representation is apportioned according to the population. The election is based on a party-list simple majority vote in one round of voting, without vote-splitting or preferential vote.
According to the Constitution, the number of contending parties is limited to four.
Last legislative elections: 19 December 1997.
|
Party |
votes % |
seats (total of 65) |
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Popular Rally for Progress (RPP)
and the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) |
78.5 |
65* |
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Party of Democratic Renewal (PRD) |
19.2 |
0 |
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National Democratic Party (PND) |
2.2 |
0 |
* 54 for RPP and 11 for FRUD
The ruling RPP is allied with a faction of FRUD - whose main leaders were arrested in October 1997.
The President of the Assembly is Said Ibrahim Badoul.
There is no woman in this Assembly.
source : Inter-Parliamentary Union
See also:
Djibouti.
(June 2001)
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