2008 Sahrawi legislative election

Elections to the Sahrawi National Council were held between 17 and 19 February 2008. More than 126 candidates competed for the 53 seats in the Council, the unicameral legislature of the partially recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The Council was elected for a period of three years. Start of the election of a new Saharawi Parliament Sahara Press Service 2008-02-17 http://www.spsrasd.info/en/detail.php?id=812 2008-04-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110526204545/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/detail.php?id=812 2011-05-26 The elections were only held in the Free Zone of Western Sahara and in Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria, the rest of Western Sahara being under the de facto administration of Morocco. As stipulated in the Sahrawi constitution, the renewal of the Council occurred after the previous Council was dissolved following the 12th Congress of the Polisario Front, which took place two months earlier between 14 and 21 December 2007. Closure on Friday of POLISARIO 12th congress in Tifariti Sahara Press Service 2007-12-21 http://www.spsrasd.info/en/detail.php?id=484 2008-04-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110526204610/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/detail.php?id=484 2011-05-26 First-time MPs represented 61.53% of those elected. The percentage of young people in the new Council stood at 57.67%, while women gained 34.61% of seats, thanks in part to a quota system. Renewal of the Saharawi Parliament reached 61,53% Sahara Press Service 2008-02-25 http://www.spsrasd.info/en/detail.php?id=872 2008-04-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20110526204947/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/detail.php?id=872 2011-05-26 dead Mahfoud Ali Beiba was reelected Speaker of the Council on 27 February 2008. M. Mahfoud Ali Beiba réélu à la tête du parlement sahraoui French Sahara Press Service 2008-02-27 http://www.spsrasd.info/fr/detail.php?id=919 2008-04-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110526204921/http://www.spsrasd.info/fr/detail.php?id=919 2011-05-26 References Category:Elections in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sahrawi Sahrawi Legislative Category:February 2008 elections Category:February 2008 in Africa