| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Jirga / National Assembly |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Meshrano Jirga / House of Elders |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Wolesi Jirga / House of Representatives
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| BACKGROUND |
| Dates of election / renewal (from/to) (from/to) | 14 November 2005
11 December 2005 |
| Purpose of elections |
Due to problems related to boundaries and population figures
District Council elections were not held in September 2005. The National Assembly
once constituted
will resolve such issues. |
On 14 November 2005
the newly elected Provincial Councils met across Afghanistan to elect representatives to the Meshrano Jirga (House of Elders). In order to fill the vacant seats that should have been elected by the District Councils
for which elections were not held in September 2005
each Provincial Council elected two representatives. The House of Elders thus consists of 68 representatives of the Provincial Councils (34 permanent members and 34 transitional members who will assume the post until elections for the District Councils are held)
and 34 members appointed by the President on 11 December 2005.
The National Assembly convened for the first time on 19 December 2005
officially ending a long interruption following decades of war and the overthrow of the Taliban regime. On the following day
former interim president
Mr. Sebghatollah Mojaddedi
of the National Liberation Front of Afghanistan
who is reportedly close to President Karzai
was elected Speaker of the House of Elders
while the election for the speakership of the House of Representatives was postponed due to disagreement over procedure and the agenda of parliament. On 21 December 2005
Mr. Mohammad Yunos Qanuni was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives
narrowly beating Mr. Abdul Rabb Rasoul Sayyaf
an ally of President Hamid Karzai. |
| 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 |
79
23
22.55%
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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 |
Sources:
House of Elders (01.01.2008
01.01.2010)
http://www.results.jemb.org/home.asp
There are two women among 34 permanent representatives of Provincial Councils
and four among 34 transitional members.
In addition
17 of 34 appointed members are women
bringing the number of women to 23 of 102 members. |
Compare data for parliamentary chambers in the Last elections module
