National Assembly (Burundi)

**National Assembly (Burundi)**
Basic data
Seat:	Bujumbura
Legislative period :	five years
First session:	September 18, 1961
MPs:	118 + 3
Current legislative period
Last choice:	June 29, 2015
Chair:	vacant
Distribution of seats:	77 21st 2 18th 3 77 21st 2 18th 3 A total of 121 seats CNDD-FDD : 77; Abigenga-Amizero y'Abarundi : 21; UPRONA : 2; Appointed members : 18; Reserved for Twa : 3;
	Website
	www.assemblee.bi

The National Assembly of Burundi ( Kirundi : Inama Nshingamateka ) is the lower house of the Parliament of Burundi . It is a two-chamber system with the Senate as the upper house . 118 members are elected to the National Assembly for five years each. It is located in the former capital Bujumbura .

elections

The penultimate elections took place on July 23, 2010, the last on June 29, 2015. As expected, the president's ruling party won a majority with 77 out of 100 seats. The opposition parties called for an election boycott because they believe that the government has manipulated the election . Despite this, they won 23 seats, 21 of which went to the newly founded Abigenga-Amizero y'Abarundi party (also Indépendants de l'espoir) and two to the Union pour le Progrès national . The voter turnout was comparatively high at 74%, but around 20% of the votes cast were invalid.

Political party	be right	%	Seats	+/-
Results of the general election in 2015
CNDD-FDD	1,721,629	60.28	77	-4
Abigenga-Amizero y'Abarundi	318.717	11.16	21st	New
Union pour le progresses national	71.189	2.49	2	-15
Sahwanya Frodebu Iragi rya Ndadaye	55,000	1.93	0	-5
Others	133,928	4.67	0	-
Invalid	555,649	19.45	-	-
Additional mandates	-	-	18th	-
Reserved seats for Twas	-	-	3	0
Total	2,856,112	100	121	+15
Eligible population	3,843,024	74.32	-	-
Source: CENI

Electoral system

The 121 members of the National Assembly are predominantly male, the proportion of women is 36.36%. Eligible voters for the National Assembly must:

have reached the age of 18.
Be in possession of Burundian citizenship.

A blocking minority of 2% applies to all elections in the country in order to prevent too small parties from entering. 100 seats are allocated by direct election in 17 different constituencies. It is stipulated that 60% of the seats will be given to the Hutu ethnic group and 40% of the mandates to the Tutsi ethnic group . If this distribution does not apply to the 100 seats, a maximum of 21 compensation seats are available. However, only 18 seats are required in the current legislative period. In addition, three more seats in the plenary are reserved for the minority of the Twa .

Web links

Official website of the National Assembly of Burundi (French)
Regulations interieur de l'Assemblée Nationale (French)
Inama Nshingamateka (Assemblée nationale). archive.ipu.org (French)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Politics in Burundi , website of the Burundian embassy in Germany, accessed July 2015.
^ Historique , National Assembly website, accessed July 2015.
↑ General information on Parliament , Inter-Parliamentary Union, accessed July 2015.
^ Election boycott in Burundi , Reuters news agency, accessed July 2015.
^ Electoral System , Inter-Parliamentary Union website, accessed July 2015.

-3.3598293 29.3730028Coordinates: 3 ° 21 ′ 35.4 ″ S , 29 ° 22 ′ 22.8 ″ E

[Botschaft-1] Politics in Burundi , website of the Burundian embassy in Germany, accessed July 2015.

[Website-2] Historique , National Assembly website, accessed July 2015.

[IPU-3] General information on Parliament , Inter-Parliamentary Union, accessed July 2015.

[4] Election boycott in Burundi , Reuters news agency, accessed July 2015.

[5] Electoral System , Inter-Parliamentary Union website, accessed July 2015.