Английская Википедия:2016 Ivorian parliamentary election
Шаблон:Infobox legislative electionШаблон:Politics of Ivory Coast
Parliamentary elections were held in Ivory Coast on 18 December 2016.[1] The new constitution, which was approved in a referendum in October, reduced the term for the 255 members of the National Assembly from five to four years.Шаблон:Citation needed
The presidential coalition, the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (composed of the Rally of the Republicans, the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally and some minor parties) won more than the half the seats in the National Assembly.
Electoral system
The 255 members of the National Assembly were elected from 169 single-member constituencies and 36 multi-member constituencies with between two and six seats.[2][3] In single-member constituencies voters cast a vote for one candidate who is elected by first-past-the-post voting; whereas in multi-member constituencies candidates were elected by plurality-at-large voting, where voters cast a single vote for a closed list, with the list receiving the most votes winning all seats in the constituency.[4]
Campaign
A total of 1,336 candidates contested the elections, 597 representing 38 political parties and 739 as independents.[5] The Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace had the most candidates (248), with the Ivorian Popular Front (which had boycotted the 2011 elections) the only other party to run candidates in more than half of constituencies, having nominated 187 candidates.[5] Sixteen parties contested only one seat.[5]
Results
In constituency 34 there was a tie between two candidates, with the independent candidate Léonard Guéi Desseloue and Marius Sarr Bohe (RHDP) both receiving 1,231 votes. A second round of voting took place within 15 days.[6] Léonard Sahé won the last constituency achieving 52.69% while Marius Sarr got 46.31%.[7]
Aftermath
When the National Assembly began meeting for the new parliamentary term, Guillaume Soro, an RHDP deputy, was re-elected as President of the National Assembly on 9 January 2017. He received 230 votes from the 252 deputies present; Evariste Méambly, an independent deputy, received 12 votes, and there were 10 spoilt votes.[8]
References
External links
- List of candidates Independent Electoral Commission
- National Results Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Electoral system IPU
- ↑ Liste des circonscriptions électorales Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p306 Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Перейти обратно: 5,0 5,1 5,2 Statistique des candidatures retenues par groupement au 13/12/2016 Шаблон:Webarchive CEI
- ↑ Proclamation des résultats définitifs du scrutin législatif du 18 décembre 2016 : Allocution du président Abidjan.net, 20 December 2016
- ↑ Côte d’Ivoire : Léonard Guéi a remporté le 255e siège de député AfricTelegraph.com, 31 December 2016
- ↑ Claire Rainfroy, "Côte d’Ivoire : Guillaume Soro largement réélu président de l’Assemblée nationale", Jeune Afrique, 9 January 2017 Шаблон:In lang.
