Parliament name |
Parliament |
Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
Chamber name |
National Council |
Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
National Assembly
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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 |
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Distribution of seats |
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Distribution of seats according to sex |
Men Women Percent of women |
32 10 23.81%
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Distribution of seats according to age |
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Distribution of seats according to profession |
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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. |