Description of Electoral System:

(courtesy of IFES election guide)

The President is elected by direct popular vote to serve a 7-year term. In the National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) 53 members are elected by direct vote. Under the new constitution, members of the Chamber of Deputies will be elected by direct universal suffrage using a system of proportional representation on September 29. They will serve a five-year term. The members of the Senate will be elected through indirect elections and will serve up to 8 years.

Electoral Systems Snapshot

(Courtesy of International IDEA)

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Politics of Rwanda

(courtesy of wikipedia)

Politics of Rwanda takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Rwanda is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. On 5 May 1995, the Transitional National Assembly adopted a new constitution which included elements of the constitution of 18 June 1991 as well as provisions of the 1993 Arusha peace accord and the November 1994 multiparty protocol of understanding.

Legislative elections ( Chamber of Deputies )

September-2008