2013 Rwandan parliamentary election

none Rwandan parliamentary election, 2013 Rwanda Parliamentary Rwandan parliamentary election, 2008 2008 Rwandan parliamentary election, 2018 2018 no 16–18 September 2013 RPF 36 37 1 0087DC PSD 7 7 - 007FFF PL 4 5 1 008000 Parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda between 16 and 18 September 2013.Rwanda: MPs' Nomination Scheduled for July All Africa, 6 June 2013 The result was a victory for the Rwandan Patriotic Front, which maintained its absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies, winning 41 of the 80 seats. Electoral system Of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, 53 were directly elected by closed list proportional representation with an electoral threshold of 5%. A further 27 seats were indirectly elected by local and national councils, including 24 reserved for women, two for representatives of youth and one for representatives of handicapped.Rwandans vote in parliamentary elections Al Jazeera, 16 September 2013 Conduct In the weekend preceding the election, on 13 and 14 September, two grenades exploded in a Kigali market. Two die in grenade attacks in Rwanda Al Jazeera, 14 September 2013 The Rwandan government blamed the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), the remnants of the force responsible for the 1994 Genocide. Questions were asked about the credibility of the election as transparent, free and fair.Rwanda: A democracy in the making? Al Jazeera, 16 September 2013 Voting was otherwise reported as orderly. Results RPF coalition 5 Rwandan Patriotic Front 5 76.22 37 +1 Centrist Democratic Party 1 0 Ideal Democratic Party 1 0 Party for Progress and Concord 1 0 Rwandan Socialist Party 1 0 Social Democratic Party 13.03 7 0 Liberal Party 9.29 5 +1 Social Party Imberakuri 1.46 2 0 New Independents 0 0 Indirectly-elected members 27 0 0 5881874 5953531 IPU, All Africa References Category:Parliamentary elections in Rwanda Rwanda Parliamentary Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results