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Sénat (Senate)
ELECTORAL SYSTEM

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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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