Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Parliament / Parlement |
Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Sénat / Senate |
Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Chambre des Députés / Chamber of Deputies
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BACKGROUND |
Dates of election / renewal (from/to) |
2 October 2003 |
Purpose of elections |
For the first time since the new Constititution was adopted
elections were held for 20 members of the Senate. |
On 10 October 2003
20 new Senators were sworn in. According to the constitution
in 2004
the President of the Republic of Rwanda will appoint 4 senators and the forum of the Political organisations will appoint 2 other senators.
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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 |
17 9 34.62%
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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 |
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