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Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Faure GNASSINGBE
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Gilbert HOUNGBO
- Assembly: Togo has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) with 81 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 5-year term.
- In the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) 81 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***
*** There are 35 multi-member constituencies. There is no threshold.
Population:
- Population: 6,019,877 (July 2009 est.)
Future elections
- Parliamentary - 2012
Past elections
- Presidential - March 4, 2010
- Parliamentary - October 14, 2007
- Presidential - April 24, 2005
- Presidential - June 1, 2003
- Parliamentary - October 27, 2002
- Parliamentary - March 21, 1999
- Presidential - June 21, 1998
Last Updated on 08/17/2005
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