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At stake in this election:
- 135 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO *
- Head of Government: President Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO
- Assembly: Congo (Brazzaville) has a bicameral Parliament () consisting of the Senate (Sénat) with 66 seats and the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 137 seats.
* The president is both the chief of state and head of government.
The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 7-year term, renewable once.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 7-year term.
- In the Senate (Sénat) 66 members are indirectly elected by regional governing councils to serve 6-year terms*. In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) 137 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.
* 66 members are elected by indirect vote by district, local, and regional councils to serve 6-year terms. One-half of the Senate is renewed every 3 years.
Main parties in the Second Round of the electoral race:
- Party: Congolese Labor Party / (PCT)
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 46 - Party: Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development / (MCDDI)
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 11 - Party: Rally for Democracy and Social Progress / (RDPS)
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 2 - Party: Movement for Active Renewal / (MAR)
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 5 - Party: Citizens' Rally / (RC)
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 1 - Party: Movement for Unity, Solidarity, and Labor / (MUST)
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: N/A - Party: Patriotic Union for Democracy and Progress / (UPDP)
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 2 - Party: Club 2002 - Party for Unity and the Republic / (Club 2002 - PUR)
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 3 - Party: Perspectives and Realities Club / (CPR)
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: N/A - Party: Republican and Liberal Party / (PRL)
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: N/A - Party: Union of Democratic Forces / (UFD)
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Seats won in last National Assembly election: 1 - Party: Union for the Republic / (UR)
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 2 - Party: Pan-African Union for Social Democracy / (UPADS)
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 11 - Independent(s): Other
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 37
Main parties in the First Round of the electoral race:
- Party: Congolese Workers Party (PCT) / Parti congolais du travail
Leader: Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 53 - Party: Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (MCDDI) / Mouvement congolais pour la dÈmocratie et le dÈveloppement intÈgral
Leader: Bernard KOLELAS
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 11 - Party: Union for Democracy and Republic (UDR-Mwinda) / Union pour la democratie et la Republique-Mwinda
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 6 - Party: Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) / Union panafricaine pour la democratie sociale
Leader: N/A
Seats won in last National Assembly election: 8
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 3,800,610 (July 2007 est.)
- Registered Voters: 1,733,943 ( 2002 )