Democracy Ratings
| Freedom House 2018 |
Score: 6.5 out of 7 (where lower scores are more democratic) |
Freedom Status: Not Free |
|---|---|---|
| EIU Democracy Index 2017 |
Score: 1.61 out of 10 (where higher scores are more democratic) |
World Ranking: 163 |
| Polity IV 2016 |
Score: 5 (from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic) |
Category: Closed Anocracy |
Political System
| System of Government | Presidential |
|---|---|
| Presidential Electoral System | Two-round system |
| Last Presidential Election | 2009 |
| Next Presidential Election | 2016 |
| Presidential Term Limits | No
(Term limit abolished in 2015) |
| System of Appointment to Legislature | Lower Chamber: elected in single-member constituencies through two-round system
Upper Chamber: indirectly elected through district, regional, and local councils |
| Last Legislative Election |
2012 |
| Next Legislative Election |
2017 |
| Number of Seats in Legislature | Lower Chamber: 153
Upper Chamber: 66 |
| Female quota, representation in lower house | Yes: Legislated candidate quota |
Results
| Last presidential election (2016) | ||
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (%) | |
| 1st round | 2nd round not needed | |
| Denis Sassou Nguesso | 60 | |
| Guy Brice Parfait Kolélas | 15 | |
| Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko | 14 | |
| Pascal Tsaty Mabiala | 5 | |
| André Okombi Salissa | 4 | |
| Claudine Munari | 2 | |
| Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou | 0 | |
| Michel Mboussi Ngouari | 0 | |
| Anguios Nganguia Engabé | 0 | |
| Last legislative election (2017) | ||
| Party | Votes (%) | Seats |
| Congolese Party of Labour | 72 | |
| Pan-African Union for Social Democracy | 3 | |
| Dynamic for the Republic and Recovery | 0 | |
| Action Movement for Renewal | 3 | |
| Rally for Democracy and Social Progress | 2 | |
| Union for a People’s Movement | 2 | |
| Club 2002 PUR | 1 | |
| Party for Agreement and Political Action | 1 | |
| Patriotic Front | 1 | |
| Citizen Rally | 1 | |
| Union of Democratic Forces | 1 | |
| Independents | 8 |