Sao Tome and Principe
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)
- Seats: 55
- Term of office: 4 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 272
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 7 am and 6 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 97,274 (2018 elections)
· Voter turnout: 80.65% (2018 parliamentary elections)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: direct vote, more than 50% of the votes
- Parliamentary: multi-member constituencies by proportional representation
· Voting process: Verify voter ID -> Receive a ballot paper -> Mark the ballot paper -> Cast the ballot paper
· Counting process
1. Open the ballot box and unfold the ballots and out-loud announces the candidate that is marked in each paper.
2. Scrutiny officer registers the results, the blank and null votes.
3. The official result protocols are posted on the door of the polling station building.
4. The president of the polling station communicates the District Electoral Commission.
5. The District Commission consolidates the results and communicates the results to the National Electoral Commission.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: no later than 6 days after the closing of voting