2012 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election

none 2012 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election Republic of the Congo 2007 no 15 July 2012 (first round)5 August 2012 (second round) 2017 All 139 seats in the National Assembly 70 yes Congolese Party of Labour Denis Sassou Nguesso 47 89 Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development Guy Brice Parfait Kolélas 11 7 Pan-African Union for Social Democracy Pascal Tsaty Mabiala 11 7 Rally for Democracy and Social Progress Jean-Marc Thystère Tchicaya 2 5 Action and Renewal Movement Roland Bouiti-Viaudo 5 4 Citizen Rally (Republic of the Congo) Claude Alphonse Nsilou 1 3 UPDP #2596BE Auguste-Célestin Gongarad Nkoua 2 2 UR #FFA500 Benjamin Bounkoulou 2 1 Club 2002 – Party for the Unity and the Republic Wilfred Nguesso 3 1 Independents — 37 12 2012 Republic of congo Parliamentary election result.svg Results by department President of the National Assembly Justin Koumba Congolese Party of Labour Justin Koumba Congolese Party of Labour Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 15 July 2012.http://www.electionguide.org/election.php?ID=1640 Election Profile IFES 19 July 2012 A second round was held on 5 August 2012. The second round was previously moved forward to 29 July, without explanation,http://www.afrik.com/breve43179.html Congo-Brazzaville : le second tour des législatives avancé au 29 juillet 18 July 2012 Afrik.com 19 July 2012 19 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120719203146/http://www.afrik.com/breve43179.html dead but ultimately was held on the original date. Electoral system The 139 seats in the National Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies. If no candidate received a majority of votes, a second round was held in that constituency, in which the candidate receiving the most votes was declared the winner. Candidates had to be at least 25 years old and have no criminal record.http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2071_B.htm Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) IPU 19 July 2012 Voting did not take place in three districts of Brazzaville, which had been affected by the death of 300 people after a munitions dump exploded in March. Campaign The four main parties in the election were the Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) led by President Denis Sassou Nguesso, the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development, the Union for Democracy and the Republic and the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS). Over 1,200 candidates registered to run in the election, including 124 women.Congo-Brazzaville: Legislative Voting Underway in Congo AllAfrica, 16 July 2012 The second round saw 140 candidates contest the remaining 70 seats.October 2020 Results The first round's result was announced on 20 July, in which 69 seats were won with a majority. The PCT won 57 of those 69 seats, while its allies won 10 seats; UPADS won one seat and one seat was won by an independent candidate. The PCT was particularly dominant in Sassou Nguesso's native Cuvette Region, where it won 11 seats. Notably, two children of President Sassou Nguesso won seats in the first round: Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso won a seat in Cuvette Region, while Claudia Lembouma Sassou Nguesso won a seat in Brazzaville.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g_10bgpdvXMH45w00Be03dFhXTYg?docId=CNG.1f13a832e4feade7ecb645b6d238900c.101 https://archive.today/20130124204454/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g_10bgpdvXMH45w00Be03dFhXTYg?docId=CNG.1f13a832e4feade7ecb645b6d238900c.101 dead January 24, 2013 Congo president's party posts strong poll result AFP 20 July 2012 19 July 2012 Second round results, announced on 7 August 2012, showed the PCT winning 32 of the remaining 67 seats, thus giving the party a parliamentary majority with 89 total seats.https://archive.today/20130124165931/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gHfBl6_QXGKFySuZEDK63jmiL-mA?docId=CNG.14490e9872f857859c953af60f59f45a.11 "Congo ruling party wins majority in parliament", AFP, 7 August 2012."Élections législatives - PCT 89 sièges, Indépendants 12, Upads 7, MCDDI 7, autres partis 20" https://web.archive.org/web/20171107002712/http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=62040&oldaction=liste&regpay_id=0&them_id=0&cat_id=1&ss_cat_id=0&LISTE_FROM=0&select_month=08&select_year=2012 2017-11-07 , Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 9 August 2012 fr. UPADS, the main opposition party, won seven total seats, while the MCDDI, a party allied to the PCT, also won seven total seats; independent candidates won 12 total seats. An assortment of smaller parties won the remaining seats, all of which were allied with the PCT.Cyr Armel Yabbat-Ngo, "Elections législatives de 2012 : La treizième législature largement dominée par le P.c.t!" https://web.archive.org/web/20140331035352/http://www.lasemaineafricaine.net/index.php/national/4351-elections-legislatives-de-2012-la-treizieme-legislature-largement-dominee-par-le-pct 2014-03-31 , La Semaine Africaine, 11 August 2012 fr. UPADS was the only opposition party to win seats.Roger Ngombé, "Assemblée nationale : le président sortant part favori", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 4 September 2012 fr. The most important outcome of the election was the massive increase in seats for the PCT, which nearly doubled its share and obtained a comfortable majority. While the PCT, the party of President Sassou Nguesso, had previously been the most important party in the country, it had held only a plurality of seats and controlled the National Assembly in alliance with various smaller parties. The 2012 election made the PCT's dominance of the political scene unambiguous. The two other major parties, UPADS and the MCDDI, both lost seats, while independent candidates won less than a third as many seats as they had in the previous election. 136 seats in the National Assembly were filled in the election, with three seats still vacant due to voting not being held on schedule in three Brazzaville constituencies. In the latter three constituencies, Talangai 1, Talangai 2, and Ouenzé 1, which were affected by the March 2012 disaster, the three deputies elected to represent them in 2007—Hyacinthe Ingani, Jean-Claude Ibovi, and Pierre Ngolo—had their terms extended by the Constitutional Court in a ruling on 17 August 2012. The ruling was in line with a constitutional provision allowing for such extensions when voting could not be properly held due to "exceptionally serious circumstances".Roger Ngombé, https://archive.today/20130118115959/http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=62267&oldaction=liste&regpay_id=0&them_id=0&cat_id=1&ss_cat_id=0&LISTE_FROM=0&select_month=08&select_year=2012 "Assemblée nationale : les députés des zones sinistrées continuent de siéger", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 18 August 2012 fr. File:Republic of the Congo National Assembly 2012.svg Congolese Party of Labour 89 +43 Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development 7 –4 Pan-African Union for Social Democracy 7 –4 Rally for Democracy and Social Progress 5 +3 Action and Renewal Movement 4 –1 Citizen Rally 3 +2 Movement for Unity, Solidarity and Work 2 New Patriotic Union for Democracy and Progress 2 0 Prospects and Realities Club 1 New Union of Democratic Forces 1 0 Union for the Republic 1 –1 Club 2002 – Party for the Unity and the Republic 1 –2 Republican and Liberal Party 1 New Independents 12 –25 Vacant 3 – +2 IPU Aftermath The bureau of the National Assembly, composed of seven members, was elected by the deputies on 5 September 2012; the PCT received five posts in the bureau, including all of the most important posts, while the MCDDI, an allied party, received one secondary post, and UPADS, the sole opposition party, also received one secondary post. Justin Koumba, who was President of the National Assembly during the 2007–2012 parliamentary term, was re-elected for another term; he was the only candidate for the post. Most of the other members of the bureau were changed. René Dambert Ndouane was elected as First Vice-President and Sylvestre Ossiala was elected as Second Vice-President. Gabriel Valère Eteka Yemet was elected as First Secretary, while Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou—a UPADS deputy, and the only opposition figure to be included in the bureau—was re-elected to his post as Second Secretary. Charlotte Opimbat was elected as First Quaestor and Joseph Badiabio, an MCDDI deputy, was elected as Second Quaestor."Assemblée nationale: Justin Koumba veut des réformes en matière de gouvernance"September 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes , Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, number 1,570, 6 September 2012, page 1 fr. On 19 September 2012, the heads of the National Assembly's seven standing committees were elected by acclamation. Three of the standing committees were chaired by PCT deputies, while deputies from UPADS, the Union for the Republic (UR), Action and Renewal Movement (MAR), and the Rally for Democracy and Social Progress (RDPS) chaired one standing committee each. Thus six of the committees were chaired by deputies from the majority parties and one by an opposition deputy.Cyr Armel Yabbat-Ngo, "Assemblée nationale : Après moult tractations, les commissions permanentes ont été mises en place", La Semaine Africaine, 21 September 2012 fr. References Category:Parliamentary elections in the Republic of the Congo Congo Parliamentary election Congo Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results