| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Parlement / Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Sénat / Senate |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Assemblée nationale / National Assembly
|
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
20 January 2002
|
| Mode of designation |
indirectly elected 72 |
| Constituencies |
Departmental and communal councils |
| Voting system |
:
Indirect elections.
Single-member plurality system; one round |
| Voter requirements |
- Of legal age |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- At least 45 years old
- Departmental or communal councillor |
| Incompatibilities |
- Magistrates
- Members of the protective or security services;
- Senior civil servants-mayors
- Prefects and sub-prefects
- General secretaries of local government authorities
- Members of the national election commission
- Members of government
- Members of the Constitutional Court Members of the Economic and Social Council
- Members of the Supreme Council of Freedom of Communication
- Members of the National Human Rights Commission
- Members of the presidential and ministerial cabinets
- Diplomatic staff |
| Candidacy requirements |
- Nomination by a political party or running as an independent candidate |
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