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National Council
LAST ELECTIONS

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Parliament name Parliament
Structure of parliament Bicameral
Chamber name National Council
Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) National Assembly
BACKGROUND
Dates of election / renewal (from/to) 8 December 2015
Purpose of elections Elections were held for all the seats in the National Council on the normal expiry of the members' term of office. Regional Councils elections were held on 27 November 2015 to elect regional councilors from which each regional council elects three councilors to represent its region in the National Council.
(Not applicable - indirect elections)
STATISTICS
Voter turnout
Distribution of votes
Distribution of seats
Distribution of seats according to sex
Men
Women
Percent of women
32
10
23.81%
Distribution of seats according to age
Distribution of seats according to profession
Comments
Source: National Council (08.12.2015, 12.03.2018, 13.03.2018, 09.05.2018)

Note:
Starting from the 2015 renewal, the statutory number of members of the National Council increased from 26 to 42: three members from each of the 14 Regional Councils (instead of two).
Pursuant to the recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission, the number of regions (and Regional Councils) was increased from 13 to 14. The proclamation of the recommendation was gazetted in August 2013. However, the outgoing legislature did not comprise the representatives from the new region and thus had 26 members from 13 regions.

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