| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Parlamento / Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Senado / Senate |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Cámara de los Diputados / Chamber of Deputies
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| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
6 May 2012
Last updated on 28 May 2015 (Law No.7/28) |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 55
appointed 15
other 2 |
| Constituencies |
19 multimember constituencies |
| Voting system |
:
Proportional: closed party-list proportional representation system.
Electors vote for a party or a coalition of parties.
Political parties and coalitions contesting the election must surpass a 10 per cent threshold to win parliamentary representation.
Voting is not compulsory.
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| Voter requirements |
- Citizenship of Equatorial Guinea
- Age: over 18 years old
- Full possession of civil and political rights
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| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- Citizenship of Equatorial Guinea
- Age: over 25 years old
- Full possession of civil and political rights
- Birth or residence in an electoral district; registration on the corresponding electoral roll
- Knowledge of how to read and write properly
- Knowledge of how to interpret the Basic Law
- Declaration as a candidate in accordance with the Electoral Law
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| Incompatibilities |
- The Presidents and Justices of the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeal
- The President and Judges of the Constitutional Court
- The Attorney General of the Republic, practising judges and magistrates
- Secretaries general, directors general, deputy directors, inspectors general, regional, provincial and district ministry delegates
- Heads of diplomatic missions and consular posts, as well as officials serving at representations to other States or international organizations
- Serving members of the armed forces and state security services
- Provincial governors, delegates of the Government and their deputies
- Presidents, members and secretaries of electoral boards and the census organization, as well as polling station staff
- Public sector employees, and directors and employees of public joint ventures
- People who are voluntarily dependent on or involved in intelligence activity for a foreign state
- University rectors, their deputies, university directors and deans of faculties
- Presidential advisers
- Presidents and other members of the Government, the Council for Economic and Social Development, the Court of Auditors and the Ombudsman and his/her deputies
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| Candidacy requirements |
Candidacy by registered political parties or electoral coalition.
No party or electoral coalition may submit more than one list of candidates in an electoral district for the same election.
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