Madagascar
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· National Assembly
- Seats: 127
- Term of office: 5 years
· Senate
- Seats: 33
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 25,388
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 6 am and 5 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 10,302,194 (2019 elections)
· Voter turnout: 40.00% (2019 parliamentary elections)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: Directly elected through universal adult franchise; must obtain an absolute majority or a runoff is held with the best two candidates.
- National Assembly: Directly elected from single-member by plurality and two-member proportional representation constituencies.
- Senate: 22 elected from each of the 22 regions; the remaining 11 are appointed by President
· Voting process: Verify Voter Card and Identification -> Issue Ballot Paper -> Mark Ballot -> Cast Ballot
· Counting process
1. Manual Count, displaying it to the attending public witnesses and writing a report.
2. A copy of the report is posted outside the polling station.
3. All documents are transmitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) which publishes the official results
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: Around 7 days