2013 Rwandan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda between 16 and 18 September 2013.[1] 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.

Rwandan parliamentary election, 2013
16–18 September 2013
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party RPF PSD PL
Seats before 36 7 4
Seats won 37 7 5
Seat change Increase1 - Increase1
Politics of Rwanda
Constitution
Government
Parliament
Judiciary
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign relations
United Nations in Rwanda

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.[2]

Conduct

In the weekend preceding the election, on 13 and 14 September, two grenades exploded in a Kigali market.[3] The Rwandan government blamed the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), the remnants of the force responsible for the 1994 Genocide.[2] Questions were asked about the credibility of the election as transparent, free and fair.[4]

Voting was otherwise reported as orderly.

Results
Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
RPF coalitionRwandan Patriotic Front76.2237+1
Centrist Democratic Party10
Ideal Democratic Party10
Party for Progress and Concord10
Rwandan Socialist Party10
Social Democratic Party13.0370
Liberal Party9.295+1
Social Party Imberakuri1.460New
Independents00
Indirectly-elected members270
Total800
Total votes5,881,874–
Registered voters/turnout5,953,53198.80
Source: IPU, All Africa

References
  1. Rwanda: MPs' Nomination Scheduled for July All Africa, 6 June 2013
  2. Rwandans vote in parliamentary elections Al Jazeera, 16 September 2013
  3. Two die in grenade attacks in Rwanda Al Jazeera, 14 September 2013
  4. Rwanda: A democracy in the making? Al Jazeera, 16 September 2013
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.