At Stake in this Election:  

• All 140 seats in the Central African National Assembly 

• Elections for President are occurring concurrently.  

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: President Faustin Archange TOUADERA (since 23 Mar 2016) 

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Félix MOLOUA (since 11 Jun 2021) 

• Assembly: unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 140 seats. 

Electoral System: 

• The President is elected by majority vote, in up to two rounds, to a fully renewable 7-year term. 

• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President. 

• All 140 members of the National Assembly are elected by majority vote, in up to two rounds, to a 7-year term. 

Last Election: 

In the last election in 2020, the United Hearts Movement (MCU) won a plurality of seats with 61. 

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: Oct 11 2025 

Main Parties in this Election: 

• United Hearts Movement / Mouvement Coeurs Unis (MCU) 

• • Seats won in the last election: 61 seats out of 140 

• Union for Central African Renewal / Union pour le Renouveau Centrafricain (URCA) 

• • Seats won in the last election: 7 seats out of 140 

• Party of Unity and Reconstruction / Parti de l'Unite et de la Reconstruction (PUR) 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 seats out of 140 

• CAPNCA Collective of Political Alternative for a New Central African Republic / Collectif d'Alternance Politique CAPNCA pour une Nouvelle Centrafrique (CAPNCA) 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 seats out of 140 

• Republican Unity / Unite Republicaine (UNIR) 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 seats out of 140 

• Note: many parties are contesting this election; those listed above are fielding Presidential candidates as well.  

Country Context: 

• Population: 5,330,690 (2024 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 2,398,158 (2025) 

• V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index Score: 0.30 (2025) 

• V-Dem Regimes of the World Classification: Electoral Autocracy (2025) 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.414, Low, Rank 191 (2023 est.)   

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 2,772,728 (2024 est.) 

• CEDAW Status: Acceded 21 Jun 1991 

• Gender Quota: Yes, at least 35% of legislative candidates nominated by each political party must be women.  

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 16 of 140 (11%) in the National Assembly 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 48.7 (2023 est.) 

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 9 May 2007, Ratified 11 Oct 2016 

• Projected population with a disability: 852,910 (2024 est.)