Madagascar: Forthcoming legislative elections unlikely to be fair

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Election day expected: May 2024

Jan 20, 2024: In Madagascar, where the last Presidential election was an electoral farce, the legislative elections scheduled for the first quarter of 2024 followed boycotted and contested presidential elections in November 2023, when the outgoing President, Andry Rajoelina, was re-elected. The fairness of the forthcoming elections is questionable.

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elects on the national level a – the – and a . The president is elected for a five-year term by the people, by absolute majority through a . The has two . The (Antenimieram-Pirenena/Assemblée Nationale) has 151 members, elected for a five-year term in single-member and two-member . In single-member constituencies, representatives are elected by simple majority, in the two-member constituencies, are used, with the two seats distributed using a . The (Sénat) has 33 members, 22 members elected by the regions by provincial electors, and 11 members appointed by the president, all for 5 year terms.

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The electors of Madagascar went to the polls on Friday, 31 July 2015 to choose the local government officials to take charge for the next four years. Over 8,484,714 people were expected to cast their ballots at some 20,072 polling stations, according to the national elections agency. Some 7,322 candidates were competing for the 1,695 seats.

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