IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Eritrea

State of Eritrea

5,309,659
Population (as of July 1, 2016)

None
Registered Voters (as of None)

N/A
Average Turnout

0
Elections in our database

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index Score : 0.068
Regimes of the World Classification: Closed Autocracy
*Varieties of Democracy (2024)

CEDAW Status: Ratified
Ratified Date: Sept. 5, 1995

CRPD Status: Ratified
Ratified Date: Jan. 6, 2025

SIGI Score: N/A

HDI* Score: 0.503 Low
*UNDP Human Development Index (2023)

Name	Official Name	Type
Eritrean National Assembly	Hagerawi Baito	Assembly

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President ISAIAS Afworki
Head of Government: President ISAIAS Afworki
Assembly: Eritrea has a unicameral National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito) with 150 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term.
In the National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito), 75 members are indirectly elected by the ruling party and 75 members are elected by popular vote.***

*** The elections scheduled for December 2001 have been postponed indefinitely. The National Assembly consists of 75 members from the Central Committee of the ruling PFDJ and 75 representatives from the general population, of which 11 must be women and 15 must represent the Eritrean diaspora.

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