Description of Electoral System:

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The Western Sahara, or Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) elects a legislature, the Sahrawi National Council (SNC), on a national level. The SNC, which is also referred to as the republic's parliament, has 101 members, elected on a General Popular Congress (GPC) held every four years. In elections, candidates are elected individually and no political parties are allowed. The GPC also elects the National Secretariat, an executive organ of the Polisario (a rebel movement working for the liberation of the SADR from Morocco), and its Secretary-General, who then becomes President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Local and regional officials, as well as delegates to the GPC, are elected at biannual Popular Congresses (or Popular Base Congresses) in the refugee camps of Tindouf.

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Politics of Western Sahara

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Western Sahara is claimed and largely administered by Morocco since Spain abandoned the territory in 1975, but sovereignty is unresolved, the territory is contested by Morocco and Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), which in February 1976 formally proclaimed a government-in-exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The United Nations, which considers Western Sahara a non-decolonized territory, is attempting to hold a referendum on the issue through the mission Minurso. The UN-administered cease-fire has been in effect since September 1991.