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

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea990
Citizens for Innovation1New
Together We Can0–1
Total1000
Valid votes272,02299.46
Invalid/blank votes1,4800.54
Total votes273,502100.00
Registered voters/turnout325,55584.01
Source: GEP, GEP

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea55+1
Citizens for Innovation0New
Together We Can0–1
Appointed members150
Total700
Valid votes272,02299.46
Invalid/blank votes1,4800.54
Total votes273,502100.00
Registered voters/turnout325,55584.01
Source: GEP,GEP

References

  1. ↑ The people of Equatorial Guinea cast majority vote in favour of PDGE project Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine Equatorial Guinea Press, 18 November 2017
  2. ↑ "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" (PDF) (in Spanish). Government of Equatorial Guinea. 15 September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Chamber of Deputies: Electoral system IPU
  4. ↑ Senate: Electoral system IPU
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