Elections in Equatorial Guinea
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Elections in Equatorial Guinea gives information on election
and election results in Equatorial Guinea
.
Equatorial Guinea elects on national level a head of state
- the president
- and a legislature
. The president is elected for a seven year term by the people. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
was re-elected unopposed on 15 December 2002. The Chamber of People's Representatives (Cámara de Representantes del Pueblo) has 100 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation
in multi-member constituencies.
Equatorial Guinea is a one party dominant state. This means that only one political party, the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
(PDGE) is de facto allowed to hold effective power. Although minor parties
are allowed, they are de facto required to accept the leadership of the dominant party.
, the PDGE won 99 seats and the opposition Convergence for Social Democracy
won one seat.
The next presidential election
is scheduled for 2010.
Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
and election results in Equatorial Guinea
Politics of Equatorial Guinea
Politics of Equatorial Guinea takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President is both the head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government...
.
Equatorial Guinea elects on national level a head of state
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
- the president
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
- and a legislature
Legislature
A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...
. The president is elected for a seven year term by the people. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is an Equatoguinean politician who has been President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979. He ousted his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema, in an August 1979 military coup and has overseen Equatorial Guinea's emergence as an important oil producer, beginning in the 1990s...
was re-elected unopposed on 15 December 2002. The Chamber of People's Representatives (Cámara de Representantes del Pueblo) has 100 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
in multi-member constituencies.
Equatorial Guinea is a one party dominant state. This means that only one political party, the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
The Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea is the ruling political party in Equatorial Guinea. It was established by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo as the country's sole legal political organization on 11 October 1987...
(PDGE) is de facto allowed to hold effective power. Although minor parties
Political Parties
Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...
are allowed, they are de facto required to accept the leadership of the dominant party.
2008 election
In the May 2008 parliamentary electionEquatorial Guinean legislative election, 2008
An early legislative election was held in Equatorial Guinea on 4 May 2008, at the same time as local elections. The 100 seats in parliament, along with 230 local councillor seats, were to be elected....
, the PDGE won 99 seats and the opposition Convergence for Social Democracy
Convergence for Social Democracy
Convergence for Social Democracy is the only major opposition party in Equatorial Guinea.The CPDS is headed by a President and a Secretary-General, who are currently Santiago Obama Ndong and Plácido Micó Abogo, respectively...
won one seat.
The next presidential election
Equatorial Guinean presidential election, 2010
A presidential election was held in Equatorial Guinea on November 29, 2009. Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who has been President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979, ran for another term and won re-election with 95.4% of the vote, according to official results. Opposition leader Plácido Micó Abogo placed...
is scheduled for 2010.