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Upcoming Elections

  • Referendum (Postponed)
    August 12, 2010
  • Parliamentary
    September 30, 2010
  • Presidential
    November 26, 2010

Madagascar
  • Madagascar
  • Republic of Madagascar
  • Region: Africa

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Andry RAJOELINA *
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Roindefo ZAFITSIMIVALO
  • Assembly: Madagascar has a bicameral Legislature consisting of the Senate (Sénat) with 90 seats and the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 160 seats.

* Marc RAVALOMANANA, the elected president, resigned on March 17, 2009, turning power over to the military. The military then named RAJOELINA.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
  • The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
  • In the Senate (Sénat), 60 members are indirectly elected by regions to serve 5-year terms and 30 members are appointed by the President to serve 5-year terms. In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale), 115 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms and 12 members are elected by single non-transferable vote to serve 5-year terms.**

** The 12 seats elected under SNTV are from two-member constituencies. Interim President Andry RAJOELINA dismissed the legislature on 19 March 2009.

Population:

  • Population: 21,281,844 (July 2010 est.)

Future elections

  • Presidential - November 26, 2010
  • Parliamentary - September 30, 2010
  • Referendum - August 12, 2010

Past elections

Last Updated on 07/19/2010

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