At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Madagascar.

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Hery RAJAONARIMAMPIANINA*
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Christian NTSAY
• Assembly: Madagascar has a bicameral Parliament currently consisting of the Council of the Transition (90 members) and the Congress of the Transition (256 members).

* As required by law, President RAJAONARIMAMPIANINA has stepped down to run for re-election. Vice President Riko RAKOTOVAO will serve as temporary president during the electoral period.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:*

• Andry RAJOELINA
  • Young Malagasies Determined / Tanora malaGasy Vonona (TGV)
• Marc RAVALOMANANA
  • Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM)

* There were 36 total candidates in the first round. 

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 26,262,810 (2018 est.)
• Registered Voters: 7,971,790 (2013)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 13,163,932 (2018 est.)
• Is Madagascar a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)
• Has Madagascar ratified CEDAW: Yes (17 March 1989)
• Gender Quota: No
• Female candidates in this election: Yes
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 32 (following the 2010 elections)
• Human Development Index Position: 161 (2018)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data:

• Is Madagascar a signatory to CRPD: Yes (25 September 2007)
• Has Madagascar ratified CRPD: Yes (12 June 2015)
• Population with a disability: 3,571,902 (2018 est.)