2017 Equatorial Guinean parliamentary election explained

Parliamentary elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 12 November 2017. The ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea won all but one of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies, every seat in the Senate and control of every local council.^[1]

Electoral system

The 100 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by closed-list proportional representation from multi-member constituencies based on the 19 electoral districts^[2] with an electoral threshold of 10%.^[3] Of the 70 members of the Senate, 55 are elected from the same 19 electoral districts also by closed-list proportional representation and with an electoral threshold of 10%. An additional 15 members are appointed.^[4]

Results

Senate

Notes and References

1. http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticia.php?id=10641&lang=en The people of Equatorial Guinea cast majority vote in favour of PDGE project
2. Web site: Decreto Presidencial por el que se disuelve la Cámara de los Diputados, el Senado y los Ayuntamientos y se convoca elecciones generales para la Cámara de los Diputados, el Senado y Municipales . es . 15 September 2017 . Government of Equatorial Guinea . 8 November 2017 . 26 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170926041958/http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/imgdb/2017/cs4p_DECRETOPRESIDENCIAL.pdf . dead .
3. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2101_B.htm Chamber of Deputies: Electoral system
4. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2394_E.htm Senate: Electoral system