2023 Republic of the Congo Senate election

2023 Republic of the Congo Senate election

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All 72 seats in the Senate 37 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Seats +/– PCT Denis Sassou Nguesso 52 +8 RDPS Jean-Marc Thystère Tchicaya 3 +1 MAR Roland Bouiti-Viaudo 2 0 Club 2002 Wilfrid Nguesso 2 +1 PRL Nicéphore Fylla de Saint-Eudes 1 0 UDLC 1 0 MCDDI 1 +1 RC Claude Alphonse Nsilou 1 +1 LCEM 1 +1 UPADS Pascal Tsaty Mabiala 1 −1 Independents – 7 −5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. President of the Senate before President 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]}

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

Party		Seats	+/–
	Congolese Party of Labour	52	+8
	Rally for Democracy and Social Progress	3	+1
	Action and Renewal Movement	2	0
	Club 2002 – Party for the Unity and the Republic	2	+1
	Liberal Republican Party  [ fr ]	1	0
	Union of Congolese Democrats and Liberals  [ fr ]	1	0
	Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development	1	+1
	Citizen Rally	1	+1
	Congo on the Move  [ fr ]	1	+1
	Pan-African Union for Social Democracy	1	–1
	Dynamic for the Republic and Development	0	0
	Patriotic Front  [ fr ]	0	–1
	Party for Unity, Liberty and Progress	0	–1
	Union of Humanist Democrats-Yuki	0	0
	Independents	7	–5
Total		72	0
Source: Les Echos du Congo Brazzaville [6]

See also

• Politics of the Republic of the Congo

References

1. "Sénat/ Pierre Ngolo : « Je prends l'engagement de ne pas décevoir tous ceux qui m'ont fait confiance »". Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale (in French). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
2. Telo, Clem (21 June 2023). "Les élections sénatoriales prévues le 20 août 2023". Congo Media Time (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
3. "Sénatoriales 2023 : le Comité national d'investiture du PCT se réunit ce 11 juillet". Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale (in French). 10 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
4. "Sénatoriales 2023 : des surprises et confirmations" (in French). 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
5. "Sénatoriales 2023 : des forces en présence". Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale (in French). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
6. "Congo – Élections sénatoriales : Et l'UPADS de Pascal Tsaty Mabiala coula corps et biens !". Les Echos du Congo Brazzaville (in French). 23 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.