2014 Libyan local elections

none Local elections were held in Libya in 2014. Background The Libyan Central Commission of Municipal Council Elections, headed by Salem Bentahia 2019 03 yes, is responsible for elections for the 120 local councils that were created in 2013. Election The 2014 municipal elections were held at a cost of 65 million LYD yes and were generally perceived as democratic. The councils resulting from the 2014 elections were seen by Libyans, 2018 yes, as "the most trustworthy and legitimate elected bodies" in Libya. 2016 removal of elected mayors In late 2016, Major-General Abdul Razzaq Al-Nazhuri of the Libyan National Army (LNA) replaced several of the elected municipal mayors in eastern Libya with unelected people, mostly military. Altogether the LNA replaced nine elected councils, out of 27 in its area of control, with military administrators. 2018 delayed elections In Zawiya, Bani Walid and Dirj, the local elections that were supposed to have been held in 2014 were held in 2018. The Bani Walid elections in 2014 had failed for "security reasons". References Libya holds municipal elections in first vote for five years 2019-03-31 Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190331-libya-holds-municipal-elections-in-first-vote-for-five-years/ 2019-04-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20190331155936/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190331-libya-holds-municipal-elections-in-first-vote-for-five-years/ 2019-03-31 live Talbot Frank Denehy David Is it time for municipal elections in Libya? Institute for International Political Studies 2018-12-13 https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/it-time-municipal-elections-libya-21779 2019-04-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20190420232630/https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/it-time-municipal-elections-libya-21779 2019-04-20 live Assad Abdulkader Libya's Bani Walid and Darj elect municipal council 2018-09-16 The Libya Observer https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/libyas-bani-walid-and-darj-elect-municipal-council 2019-04-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20190420232620/https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/libyas-bani-walid-and-darj-elect-municipal-council 2019-04-20 live Serraj condemns eastern suppression of elected mayors 2016-10-03 Libya Herald https://www.libyaherald.com/2016/10/03/serraj-condemns-eastern-suppression-of-elected-mayors/ 2019-04-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20190420232642/https://www.libyaherald.com/2016/10/03/serraj-condemns-eastern-suppression-of-elected-mayors/ 2019-04-20 live Project Document – Libya – Local Elections United Nations Development Programme 2019-02-04 https://www.undp.org/content/dam/libya/docs/Signed%20ProDoc%20CCMCE%20(002).pdf PDF 2019-05-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20200106130806/https://www.undp.org/content/dam/libya/docs/Signed%20ProDoc%20CCMCE%20(002).pdf 2020-01-06 live Local Libya Category:Municipal elections in Libya