| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Assemblée nationale / National Assembly |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
21 May 2013
No. 018-2013/AN |
| Mode of designation |
indirectly elected 39
appointed 29
other 21 |
| Constituencies |
- 13 multiple constituencies established on a regional basis (3 seats each) |
| Voting system |
:
indirect election
- The senators representing the territorial communities are indirectly elected by the local elected officials of their respective region.
- The senators representing the traditional and religious authorities, workers, employers and Burkinabè abroad are designated by their respective structure.
Seats that become vacant during the legislature are attributed to substitutes elected at the same time as the senators, unless the vacancy arises in the second half of the legislature. |
| Voter requirements |
- local elected officials in their regions
- traditional and religious authorities, workers, employers and Burkinabè from abroad |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- qualified electors
- age: 45 years
- Burkina Faso citizenship (or naturalised citizens 10 years after acquiring citizenship)
- ineligibility: legal disability |
| Incompatibilities |
- National Assembly members
- ministerial functions
- all other public functions
- employment in public corporations or State-connected enterprises
- persons elected from the private sector are relieved of their functions during their parliamentary term. |
| Candidacy requirements |
Not available. |
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