2013 Equatorial Guinean parliamentary election

2013 Equatorial Guinean parliamentary election

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Chamber of Deputies

All 100 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 51 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Seats +/– PDGE Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 99 +10 CPDS Andres Esono Ondo 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

55 of 70 seats in the Senate 28 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Seats PDGE Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 54 CPDS Andres Esono Ondo 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Vicente Ehate Tomi PDGE Vicente Ehate Tomi PDGE

Parliamentary elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 26 May 2013, alongside local elections. Following constitutional reforms approved in a 2011 referendum, they were the first elections in which the newly established Senate was elected. ^[1] The ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea won all but one seat in both houses of Parliament.

Electoral system

The 100 members of the Chamber of People's Representatives were elected by closed list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies. ^[2]

The Senate had 70 members, of which 55 were elected and 15 appointed by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. ^[3]

Results

Senate

Party		Seats
	Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea	54
	Convergence for Social Democracy	1
Appointed members		15
Total		70
Source: Government of Equatorial Guinea

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea	99	+10
	Convergence for Social Democracy	1	0
Total		100	0
Source: Government of Equatorial Guinea

References

1. Equatorial Guinea to put key reforms in place at May elections The Nation, 23 January 2013
2. Electoral System IPU
3. Election Profile IFES