IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Madagascar

29,611,710	15
Population (as of Jan. 1, 2022)	Elections in our database
11,476,414	54.36%
Registered Voters (as of March 1, 2024)	Average Turnout

Chief of State: President Andry RAJOELINA (since 19 January 2019)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Christian NTSAY (since 11 June 2018)
Assembly: bicameral Parliament (Parlement) with an 18-seat Senate (Antenimierandoholona) and a 151-seat National Assembly (Antenimierampirenena)

The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. The President may serve up to two 5-year terms.
The Prime Minister is nominated by the National Assembly and confirmed by the President.
In the Senate, 6 members are appointed by the President and 12 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college of subnational leaders. All members serve 5-year terms.
In the National Assembly, 87 members are elected by plurality vote from single-seat constituencies and 64 are elected by closed-list proportional representation vote from multi-seat constituencies. All members are directly elected and serve 5-year terms.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Malagasy National Assembly	1998-05-17	3,147,368	5,234,198	60.13
Malagasy Presidency	2001-12-16	4,565,708	6,720,218	67.94
Malagasy Presidency	2006-12-03	4,531,946	7,317,790	61.93
Referendum	2007-04-04	3,227,172	7,380,926	43.72
Malagasy National Assembly	2007-09-23	-	-	-
Referendum	2010-11-17	3,761,977	7,151,223	52.61
Malagasy Presidency	2013-10-25	4,831,666	7,823,305	61.76
Malagasy Presidency	2013-12-20	4,043,246	7,971,970	50.72
Malagasy National Assembly	2013-12-20	4,042,706	7,956,971	50.81
Malagasy Presidency	2018-11-07	3,104,753	5,760,086	53.9
Malagasy Presidency	2018-12-19	4,738,705	9,853,465	48.09
Malagasy National Assembly	2019-05-27	-	-	-
Referendum	2019-07-31	-	-	-
Malagasy Presidency	2023-11-16	5,119,492	11,043,836	46.36
Malagasy National Assembly	2024-05-29	-	11,476,414	-

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