Chamber of Deputies (Rwanda)

**Chamber of Deputies (Rwanda)**
Basic data
Seat:	Kigali
Legislative period :	5 years
MPs:	80
Current legislative period
Last choice:	September 2018
	Website
	www.parliament.gov.rw

The Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda (in Kinyarwanda : Umutwe w'Abadepite , in French Chambre des Députés ) is the lower house in the parliamentary bicameral system of Rwanda .

The Chamber of Deputies consists of a total of 80 members, but only 53 are elected by the people in direct elections. A further 24 seats are reserved for women who are nominated by election commissions in the twelve provinces. As a result, there is de facto a women's quota of 30 percent in the Chamber of Deputies. Two MPs are appointed by youth organizations ( National Youth Council ), another MP by a disabled organization ( Federation of the Associations of the Disabled ). The legislative period lasts five years.

Parliamentary chairman has been Donatille Mukabalisa since 2018 .

elections

Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda, 2018:

RPF Coalition: 41 seats

Social Democratic Party (PSD): 7 seats

Liberal Party: 5 seats

Indirectly appointed members: 27 seats

The last elections took place in 2018. The party landscape is dominated by President Paul Kagame's party , the Rwandan Patriotic Front , RPF ( Front Patriotique Rwandais, FPR ). Other parties are allied with the RPF and together form an electoral coalition.

party			Share of votes	%	Mandates	+/-
	Electoral coalition front	Rwandan Patriotic Front	4,926,366	73.95	36	-1
		Centrist Democratic Party			1	0
		Ideal Democratic Party			1	0
		Party for Progress and Concord			1	0
		Democratic Union of the Rwandan People			1	+1
		Rwandan Socialist Party			0	-1
	Social Democratic Party		586.215	8.80	5	-2
	Liberal party		479.631	7.20	4th	-1
	Social Party Imberakuri		304.231	4.57	2	+2
	Democratic Green Party		302.778	4.55	2	New
	Independent		62.293	0.94	0	-
	Indirectly appointed MPs		-	-	27	-
Invalid			12.245	-	-	-
total			6,673,483	100	80	0
Voters / turnout			7,172,612	93.04	-	-
Source: NEC NEC

Parliament building

Parliament building of Rwanda in the capital Kigali (2010)

The parliament building is located in the capital Kigali .

Web links

Official website

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f RWANDA (Chambre des Députés), full text . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved September 9, 2016.
↑ Rwanda . In: places-of-power.org - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved September 9, 2016.

-1.95236 30.09883Coordinates: 1 ° 57 ′ 8.5 ″ S , 30 ° 5 ′ 55.8 ″ E

[ipu-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f RWANDA (Chambre des Députés), full text . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved September 9, 2016.

[2] Rwanda . In: places-of-power.org - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved September 9, 2016.