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System of government

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

Unitary semi-presidential republic

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Total population

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

11,262,564 

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Total area (in square kilo meters)

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

26,338 km²

 

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Number of registered voters

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

5,953,531

 

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Number of registered political parties

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Number of polling stations

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Average number of voters per polling station

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Voting age

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

18

 

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Elected Offices

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Election system

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

List Proportional Representation

 

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Terms of office

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 7-year term.

In the Senate, 12 members are indirectly elected by regional governing councils to serve 8-year terms, 8 members are appointed by the President to serve 8-year terms, 4 members are appointed by the Political Organizations Forum to serve 8-year terms and 2 members are selected by Institutions of higher learning to serve 8-year terms. In the Chamber of Deputies, 53 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms and 27 members are indirectly elected by special interest groups to serve 5-year terms.

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Election

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

Rwandan parliamentary election, 2013

 

Election-References:

 

Date

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

16 and 18 September 2013

 

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Political parties in the elections

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Number of elected candidates

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Voter turnout

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Number of ballots cast

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

5,881,874

 

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Legal framework for elections

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

Part of Constitution - Separate legislation

 

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Legal provisions

Last Updated : 2016-11-17

Constitution, Art. 109, 189 (3), 193 (3):

 

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Referenda

Last Updated : 2016-11-17

Constitution, Art. 189 (3), 193 (3):

 

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People’s Initiatives

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Recall Votes

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Official name

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

National Electoral Commission

 

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Mission, Vision, Key Objectives, Functions

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Type of EMB(independent, governmental, mixed)

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

Independent

 

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EMB budget source

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

Other

 

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EMB expenditure audit

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

Other

 

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Number of EMB members (commissioners)

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

1 - 10 members

 

Number of EMB members (commissioners)-References:

 

Term of EMB members (commissioners)

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

For a specified number of years

 

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Who appoints members (commissioners)?

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

Head of State - Legislature - Other

 

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Selection of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Administrative divisions

Last Updated : 2016-11-17

divided into 30 districts 

In 2006, the number of districts was reduced from 106 to 30.

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Delimitation of constituencies(electoral district)

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

existing regional/provincial/other boundaries are used

 

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Criteria for drawing boundaries

Last Updated : 2016-12-01

N/A

 

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Body responsible for drawing boundaries

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

Electoral Management Body (EMB)

 

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Requirements on the right to vote

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Reasons for having the right to vote revoked

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Electoral Eligibility

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Reasons for having the eligibility revoked

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Requirements for party registration

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

Signature requirement - Other (Chamber 1)

Regional distribution requirement - Other (Chamber 2)

 

 

 

Requirements for party registration-References:

 

Candidate nomination

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

- Nomination by political parties

- Self nomination (independents)

Candidate Registration (National Assembly members)

Last Updated : 2016-12-01

- Requirement

Age
Citizenship
Registration
Other

Candidate Registration (National Assembly members) -References:

 

Candidate registration deposit

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

- Amount of fee

- Return of fee

Uncontested Election

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Preparation of the voters list

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

The Voter register is compiled from the National ID card database and then d through a process of public verification.

 

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Whether the registration is compulsory (or not)

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

Extracted from a population/civil registry

 

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Who is responsible for the voters list

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

The register is extracted from the civil register; photos are also added to the details of the voter. The National elections council though has plans of introducing an online registration platform that will cut down on the bureaucracies of registration and also help to capture Diaspora voters.

 

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Voters list preparation procedure

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Inspection and objection procedure

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Definition

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Period

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Methods

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Prohibited forms of campaigning

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

- Who is not permitted to campaign

Campaign Finance

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

- Campaign expense limit

- Income and expenditure of campaign expense

- Report, public inspection, and open of income and expenditure

- Investigation on income and expenditure of campaign expense & actions

- Reimbursement of campaign expense

Presiding officers

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

① How many of officers in a polling station

② Roles of each officer

③ How we nominate the officers

Facilities or items a polling station is equipped with

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Polling station location criteria

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Voting hours

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Voting

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

① Is compulsory or voluntary?

② How many ballot papers are distributed to each voter?

Ballot Paper

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

① Determination of the order of candidates on ballots

② What has to be included in the ballot paper?

③ Ballot paper design or sample ballot paper

④ Valid and invalid ballot paper

Voting Procedures

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

- Start ofvoting

- Process of voting

- End of voting

Marking method

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Special voting (Absentee / Early / Proxy / Assisted / Postal / etc)

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

① Who are subjected to do

② Voting procedures

Counting Location

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

The polling stations

 

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Counting period

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Vote counting method

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Counting Procedures

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

- Start of counting

- Process of counting

- End of counting

When are ballots recounted?

Last Updated : 2016-12-01

N/A

 

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Who is eligible to vote for overseas voting?

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

Citizens outside the country (including those on vacation) 

Who is eligible to vote for overseas voting?-References:

 

Overseas voters list preparation

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Where to vote

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Voting procedure for early voting

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Methods used to transport ballot papers

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Counting procedure

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

How is the elected candidate chosen in the case of a tie?

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Apportioning of National Assembly seats

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Results Announcement

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Is the announcement of preliminary result required?

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Deadline for announcement of final results

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Reason for holding a by- or re-election

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

By-election dates

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Electoral process

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Criteria for allocating free broadcast time

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

Equal regardless of size of party and previous performance

 

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Television debates

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

legislative elections

 

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Blackout period for release of election survey results

Last Updated : 2016-12-01

N/A

 

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Electoral dispute resolution body

Last Updated : 2016-11-17

Judiciary

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Electoral dispute resolution mechanism

Last Updated : 2016-11-17

Any petition relating to presidential and legislative election may be filed with the Supreme Court in forty eight (48) working hours

following the announcement of provisional results by the National Electoral Commission Chairperson. 

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Alternative electoral dispute resolution mechanism

Last Updated : 2016-12-01

N/A

 

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Direct public funding

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

both regularly provided funding and in relation to campaigns

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Private funding of political parties

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

- If so, is there limit on the amount a donor can contribute to candidate or political party

Regulation, monitoring and investigation

Last Updated : 2016-10-18

Fines - Prison - Loss of public funding - Deregistration of party - Suspension of political party - Other

Coding instructions Note all types of sanctions that may be applied in case of offences related to political party or campaign finance. Multiple alternatives can be given.

If a political party, candidate or other actor (such as party officials, donors or party/candidate auditors) may be given a fine or other financial penalty, code “FINE”.

If a candidate or other actor (such as party officials, donors or party/candidate auditors) may be given a prison sentence, code “PRISON”.

If a political party or candidate has to return amounts received against the rules, or forward the amount (or a multiple of the amount) to someone else, such as the EMB, code “FORFEITURE”).

If there are offences or infractions relating to political party finance which can lead to direct public funding being withheld/reduced/stopped or demanded in return, code “LOSS OF PUBLIC FUNDING”

If a political party may be deregistered for offences relating to political finance, code “DEREGISTRATION OF PARTY”.

If a candidate may lose her/his nomination to stand for election for offences relating to political finance, code “LOSS OF NOMINATION OF CANDIDATE”.

If a person may lose the right to vote and to be elected or in cases of ineligibility for certain employment or a general suspension of political rights code “LOSS OF POLITICAL RIGHTS”. Note that for cases where a person already has been nominated, the code “loss of nomination of candidate” should be used.

If it is stated that a person who has won an elected position may be deprived of it code “LOSS OF ELECTED OFFICE”.

If it is stated that a political party may temporarily be banned either from participating in elections or more generally from carrying out political party activities code “SUSPENSION OF POLITICAL PARTY”.

If there are other types of sanctions apart from those noted above, code “OTHER”. If so, you must give details in an external comment.

If there are no provisions for sanctions regarding breaches of political finance regulations, code “NONE”.

If there are no regulations whatsoever relating to political finance (and so there cannot be any sanctions), code “NA”.

If you judge that there may likely be regulations you have not been able to access about this issue, code “ND”.

The political party can be warned and summoned to submit its accounts report. It can also be suspended or dissolved.

 

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Regulation, monitoring and investigation bodies

Last Updated : 2016-10-19

The Ombudsman is responsible for investigating these breaches. This institution shall, annually and whenever necessary, its own initiative or upon request of the Minister that has political organizations in its attributions, audit the political partie's accounts

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Which electoral processes are using ICTs?

Last Updated : 2016-11-17

* online data publication by EMB

 

the country publishes the statistical overview of voter lists online at the municipal level and the constituency level

 

* the country publishes the election (voting) results aggregated at the national leve, and regional level, online

Which electoral processes are using ICTs? -References:

 

When it was introduced

Last Updated : 2016-12-01

N/A

 

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Gender equality

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Aids for disabled or handicapped voters

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Voter education

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

Election time only

 

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National civic education

Last Updated : 2016-08-26

conducted by the National Electoral Management Body

 

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EMB Staff education

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Domestic observation

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

International observation

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Partnerships/MoUs

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

International Activities

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Major challenges to elections

Last Updated : 2016-05-03

Measures taken to deal with those Challenges

Last Updated : 2016-05-03