THE PARLIAMENT OF CȎTE D’IVOIRE
Cote
d’Ivoire is also known as Ivory Coast is a Francophone country located in the
south of West Africa.
With a
current population of over 27 million people, Ivory Coast gained independence
from the French colony in 1960. Yamoussoukro is known to be the
political-administrative capital and Abidjan is the economic capital city of
Cote D’Ivoire.
Having
conducted successive elections coupled with some political instabilities, the
Ivorian parliament assumes the structure of bicameral which consist of two of
representative, The National Assembly, and The Senate.
The National
Assembly is composed of 255 members with 10.59% making up the women
representation being elected directly to serve a five-year term of office.
Members of
the Ivorian National Assembly are elected on simple majority voting systems and
vacancies arising between general elections are supposed to be filled within
three months through by-elections.
For
candidates to vie for membership of the National Assembly, they must be 25
years old and above, as well as being Ivorian citizens. Some categories of
persons who are incompatible are Judges, Inspectors of Administrative Affairs,
and non-elective public offices. The Ivorian 2016 elections were followed by
the approval of a new constitution that loosens eligibility conditions for the
presidency and the Senate to be the representative body of territorial communities
and Ivorians abroad.
The Rally
Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), followed by independents and
Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d’Ivoire as the third with majority
members out of five contested parties.
Members of
the Senate on the other hand are composed of 99 statutory and current members
with 66 indirectly elected and 33 through appointment to serve a five-year term
of office and women of the Senate comprise 12.12%. Senators must be 35 years
and citizens of Cote d’Ivoire.
In the last elections of the Senate, the Rally Houphouestists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) had the majority of seats followed by independent members.
Source: https://data.ipu.org/content/c%C3%B4te-divoire?chamber_id=13372
(National Assembly)
https://data.ipu.org/content/c%C3%B4te-divoire?chamber_id=13373
(Senate)
Official Website: http://www.assnat.ci/assembleenationale/