At Stake in this Election:         

• 135 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) 

Government Structure:  

• Chief of State: President Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO  

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Anatole COLLINET MAKOSSO 

• Assembly:  Bicameral Parliament (Parlement) consisting of the Senate (Senat) with 72 seats and the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 139 seats 

Electoral System:  

• The President is directly elected by absolute majority popular vote, in 2 rounds if needed, for a 5-year term. 

• Members of the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) are directly elected in single-seat constituencies by an absolute majority popular vote, in two rounds if necessary. Members serve 5-year terms. 

• Members of the Senate (Senat) are indirectly elected for a six-year term by district, local and regional councils. 

Main Candidates in this Election:   

• Congolese Party of Labor / Parti Congolais du Travail 

  • Leader: Denis SASSOU NGUESSO 

  • Seats won in last election: 90 

• Pan-African Union for Social Democracy / Union Panafricaine Pour la Démocratie Sociale 

  • Leader: Pascal TSATY MABIALA 

  • Seats won in last election: 8 

Population and Registered Voters:  

• Population: 5,546,307 (2022 est.)¹

• Registered Voters: 2,221,596 (2017)² 

Gender Data:  

• Female Population: 2,639,734 (2022 est.)³ 

• Is Congo-Brazzaville a signatory to CEDAW: Yes, 29 Jul 1980⁴ 

• Has Congo-Brazzaville ratified CEDAW: Yes, 26 Jul 1982⁵ 

• Gender Quota: Both the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) and the Senate (Senat) must have at least 15% female legislator candidates.⁶

• Number of Female Legislators: 17 out of 151 (11.3%) in the National Assembly⁷ 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 149 at 0.574⁸ 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium⁹ 

Disability Data:  

• Is Congo-Brazzaville a signatory to CRPD: Yes, 30 Mar 2007¹⁰ 

• Has Congo-Brazzaville ratified CRPD: Yes, 02 Sep 2014¹¹ 

• Population with a disability: 713,265 (2022 est.)¹²

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^1.  https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/congo-republic-of-the/

^2.  http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3035/

^3. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/congo-republic-of-the/

^4. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en 

^5.  https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en 

^6.  https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas/country-view/133/35

^7. https://data.ipu.org/content/congo?chamber_id=13369

^8. https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/country-insights#/ranks

^9.  https://www.genderindex.org/country/congo-rep-2014-results/

^10. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en 

^11. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en 

^12. http://electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/?q=congo#tab