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Elections in Congo-Brazzaville [Republic of
the Congo]
Political Profile
Political System: Restricted Democratic
Practice
President:
Denis Sassou-Nguesso (PCT) [since 25 October 1997; seized power in 1997
military rebellion, elected 2002, re-elected 2009]. The President is elected by direct popular vote for a 7-year term. Electoral System: Two Round (Run-off).
Parliament [bicameral]
--Senate (66 Seats) Members are indirectly
elected by district, regional, and local councils to serve 6-year terms with one-half being renewed every 3 years.
--National Assembly (139 Seats) Members
are elected by direct popular vote in single-member constituencies using the two round (run-off) system; members serve 5-year terms.
Electoral Authority: National Commission
for the Organization of Elections
Political Situation since Independence
1960-1963 Emerging Democracy
1963
Transitional Government
1963-1964 [De-Facto] One Party State (MNR)
1964-1968 One Party State (MNR)
1968-1969 Military Regime
1969-1977 One Party State (PCT)
1977-1979 Military Regime & One Party State (PCT)
1979-1990 One Party State (PCT)
1990-1992 Multiparty Transition
1992-1997 Democracy
1997-2002 Transitional Period [Civil War]
2002- Restricted
Democratic Practice
2012 Freedom House Rating: Political Rights - 6, Civil Liberties - 5, Status: Not Free
Next Scheduled Presidential Election: 2016
Next Scheduled Senatorial Election:
2014; 2017
Next Scheduled National Assembly Election:
2017
Political Parties: ADENA - National
Democratic Alliance, APC - Take Action for Congo, CDR - Convention for Democracy and the Republic, Club 2002-PUR - Club 2002-Party
for Unity and the Republic, CNDD - National Convention for Democracy and Development, CODESA - Convention for Democracy and
Salvation, CPR - Perspectives and Realities Club, FDN - New Democratic Forces, FDP - Democratic and Patriotic Forces, FDS
- Forum for Democracy and Solidarity, JEM - Youth Movement, Life Party*, MAR - Action Movement for Renewal, MARS - African
Movement for Social Renaissance, MCDDI - Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development, MDP - Movement for Democracy
and Progress, MNR - National Revolutionary Movement, MSA - African Socialist Movement, MSD - Movement for Solidarity and Development,
MUST - Movement for Unity, Solidarity, and Labor, PANA - National Party, PAP - Party of the Poor, PCR - Congolese, Party of
Renewal, PCT - Congolese Labor Party, PPC - Congolese Progressive Party, PRDC - Party for the Reconstruction and Development
of Congo, PRL - Republican and Liberal Party, RC - Citizens' Rally, RDD - Rally for Democracy and Development, RDPS - Rally
for Democracy and Social Progress, RNDP - National Rally for Democracy and Progress, UCR - Congolese Union of Republicans,
UDC - Union for Congolese Democrats, UDDIA - Democratic Union for the Defense of African Interests, UDPS - Union for Development
and Social Progress, UDR - Union for Democracy and Republic, UDR-Mwinda - Union for Democracy and the Republic, UFD - Union
of Democratic Forces, UNDP - National Union for Democracy and Progress, UP - Union for Progress, UPADS - Pan-African Union
for Social Democracy, UPDP - Patriotic Union for Democracy and Progress, UPRN - Patriotic Union for National Renewal, UPSD
- Union for Social Progress and Democracy, UR - Union for the Republic, URD - Union for Democratic Renewal, URN - Union
for National Redressment.
Coalitions: African Socialist
Movement-Congolese Progressive Party (MSA-PPC) [Contested the 1959 Election]; Presidential Tendency Coalition [Contested
the 1993 National Assembly Election] The main parties in the coalition are the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS),
Rally for Democracy and Development (RDD), Union of Democratic Forces (UFD), Congolese Party of Renewal (PCR), Union for Congolese
Democracy (UDC), and the Union for Development and Social Progress (UDPS); Opposition Coalition [Contested the 1993
National Assembly Election] Member parties include the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (MCDDI),
Congolese Labor Party (PCT), Rally for Democracy and Social Progress (RDPS), and Union for Democratic Renewal (URD); Congolese
Labor Party-United Democratic Forces (PCT-FDU) [Contested the 2002 Presidential and National Assembly Elections] The coalition
is led by the Congolese Labor Party (PCT), while the United Democratic Forces (FDU) is made up of several small parties.
*Political party acronym not available.
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Last Updated: 15 October 2012 Angola |
