Country: | Republic of Congo |
Election Date: | 20 August 2023 |
Previous Election: | 2017 |
Seats For Election: | All 72 seats in the Senate |
Majority Seats: | 37 |
Nopercentage: | yes |
Party1: | Congolese Party of Labour |
Leader1: | Denis Sassou Nguesso |
Seats1: | 52 |
Last Election1: | 44 |
Party2: | RDPS |
Leader2: | Jean-Marc Thystère Tchicaya |
Seats2: | 3 |
Last Election2: | 2 |
Party3: | Action and Renewal Movement |
Leader3: | Roland Bouiti-Viaudo |
Seats3: | 2 |
Last Election3: | 2 |
Party4: | Club 2002 – Party for the Unity and the Republic |
Leader4: | Wilfrid Nguesso |
Seats4: | 2 |
Last Election4: | 1 |
Party5: | PRL |
Leader5: | Nicéphore Fylla de Saint-Eudes |
Seats5: | 1 |
Last Election5: | 1 |
Party6: | UDLC |
Seats6: | 1 |
Last Election6: | 1 |
Party7: | MCDDI |
Seats7: | 1 |
Last Election7: | 0 |
Party8: | RC |
Leader8: | Claude Alphonse Nsilou |
Seats8: | 1 |
Last Election8: | 0 |
Party9: | PRL |
Seats9: | 1 |
Last Election9: | 0 |
Party10: | UPADS |
Leader10: | Pascal Tsaty Mabiala |
Seats10: | 1 |
Last Election10: | 2 |
Party11: | Independents |
Leader11: | – |
Seats11: | 7 |
Last Election11: | 12 |
President of the Senate | |
Before Election: | Pierre Ngolo |
After Election: | Pierre Ngolo[1] |
Senate elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 20 August 2023.[2] [3] [4]
The Senate is composed of 72 senators elected indirectly for a six-year term using first-past-the-post voting by an electoral college composed of municipal and departmental councillors with each of the twelve departments electing six senators.[5]
The full results can be viewed below:[6]
Party | Seats | +/- | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
align=left | Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) | 52 | 8 | |
align=left | Rally for Democracy and Social Progress (RDPS) | 3 | 1 | |
align=left | Action and Renewal Movement (MAR) | 2 | 0 | |
align=left | Club 2002 – Party for the Unity and the Republic (Club 2002-PUR) | 2 | 1 | |
align=left | Liberal Republican Party (PRL) | 1 | 0 | |
align=left | Union of Congolese Democrats and Liberals (UDLC) | 1 | 0 | |
align=left | Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (MCDDI) | 1 | 1 | |
bgcolor=#4C4068 | Citizen Rally (RC) | 1 | 1 | |
bgcolor=#efb34e | Congo on the Move (LCEM) | 1 | 1 | |
align=left | Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) | 1 | 1 | |
bgcolor=#986E08 | Dynamic for the Republic and Development (DRD) | 0 | 0 | |
align=left | Patriotic Front (FP) | 0 | 1 | |
align=left | Party for Unity, Liberty and Progress (PULP) | 0 | 1 | |
bgcolor=#047EBF | Union of Humanist Democrats-Yuki (UDH-Yuki) | 0 | 0 | |
align=left | Independents | 7 | 5 | |
align=left colspan=2 | Total | 72 |