2023 Republic of the Congo Senate election

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2023 Republic of the Congo Senate election
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  2017 20 August 2023

All 72 seats in the Senate
37 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
PCT Denis Sassou Nguesso 52+8
RDPS Jean-Marc Thystère Tchicaya 3+1
MAR Roland Bouiti-Viaudo 20
Club 2002 Wilfrid Nguesso 2+1
PRL Nicéphore Fylla de Saint-Eudes 10
UDLC 10
MCDDI 1+1
RC Claude Alphonse Nsilou 1+1
PRL 1+1
UPADS Pascal Tsaty Mabiala 1-1
Independents 7-5
President of the Senate beforePresident of the Senate after
Pierre Ngolo Pierre Ngolo [1]

Senate elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 20 August 2023. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Electoral system

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]

Results

The full results can be viewed below: [6]

Republique du Congo Senat 2023.svg
PartySeats+/-
Congolese Party of Labour (PCT)52Increase2.svg8
Rally for Democracy and Social Progress (RDPS)3Increase2.svg1
Action and Renewal Movement (MAR)2Steady2.svg0
Club 2002 – Party for the Unity and the Republic (Club 2002-PUR)2Increase2.svg1
Liberal Republican Party (PRL)1Steady2.svg0
Union of Congolese Democrats and Liberals (UDLC)1Steady2.svg0
Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (MCDDI)1Increase2.svg1
Citizen Rally (RC)1Increase2.svg1
Congo on the Move (LCEM)1Increase2.svg1
Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS)1Decrease2.svg1
Dynamic for the Republic and Development (DRD)0Steady2.svg0
Patriotic Front (FP)0Decrease2.svg1
Party for Unity, Liberty and Progress (PULP)0Decrease2.svg1
Union of Humanist Democrats-Yuki (UDH-Yuki)0Steady2.svg0
Independents 7Decrease2.svg5
Total72Steady2.svg

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