IFES Election Guide - Election Profile for Central African Republic

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Country: Central African Republic
Official Name: Central African Republic
Election Type: Parliamentary
First Round: January 23, 2011
Second Round: March 27, 2011
First Round: 2016

At stake in this election:

105 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Francois BOZIZE *
Head of Government: Prime Minister Faustin-Archange TOUADERA
Assembly: Central African Republic has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) with 105 seats.

* The president can be elected for a maximum of 2 terms. Francois Bozize became president after a military coup deposed Ange-Felix Patasse on March 13, 2003.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 6-year term.
The Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
In the National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) 105 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.***

*** If no candidate receives an absolute majority in the first round, a second round is held between the top two candidates.

Main parties in the Second Round of the electoral race:

Party: National Convergence "Kwa Na Kwa" / Convergence Nationale "Kwa Na Kwa" (KNK)
Leader: François BOZIZE Yangouvonda
Party: Movement for the Liberation of the Central African Peoplentraf / Mouvement pour la libération du peuple centrafricain (MLPC)
Leader: N/A
Party: Central African Democratic Assembly / Rassemblement démocratique centrafricain (RDC)
Leader: Andre KOLINGBA
Party: Patriotic Front for Progress / Front patriotique pour le progrès (FPP)
Leader: Abel GOUMBA

Main parties in the First Round of the electoral race:

Party: National Convergence "Kwa Na Kwa" / Convergence Nationale "Kwa Na Kwa" (KNK)
Leader: François BOZIZE Yangouvonda
Seats won in this election: 26
Seats won in last election: 0
Party: Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People / Mouvement pour la libération du peuple centrafricain (MLPC)**
Leader: N/A
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in last election: 47
Party: Central African Democratic Assembly / Rassemblement démocratique centrafricain (RDC)
Leader: Andre KOLINGBA
Seats won in this election: 0
Seats won in last election: 20
Party: Patriotic Front for Progress / Front patriotique pour le progrès (FPP)
Leader: Abel GOUMBA
Seats won in this election: 0
Seats won in last election: 7

** The MLPC is split into two factions, one supporting the former president, Ange-Félix Patassé, and another supporting his former prime minister, Martin Ziguélé