DR Congo
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· National Assembly
- Seats: 500
- Term of office: 5 years
· Senate
- Seats: 104
- Term of office: 5 years
· Local government
- Seats: 780
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 75,563
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 6 am and 4 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 40,371,439 (2018 elections)
· Voter turnout: 45.40% (2018 parliamentary elections)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: directly elected by plurality
- Parliamentary
1. National Assembly: 500 seats elected from multi-member plurality constituencies
2. Senate: 104 seats elected by the Provincial Assemblies by proportional representation; eight from Kinshasa and four from each of the other 24 provinces
· Voting process: Verify Voter Card -> Receive Ballots -> Insert Ballot Paper in Voting Machine -> Cast Ballots
· Counting process:
1. Count at voting stations immediately after closing.
2. Results are posted outside the polling station by the presiding officer and transmitted to the compilation center.
3. Re-check and aggregate the result at the compilation center and transmitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) for ratification.
4. Post outside the compilation center after ratification.
5. CENI announces provisional results.
6. The results are submitted to the relevant court for confirmation.