Parliamentary election in Libya 2014

Parliamentary elections were held in Libya on June 25, 2014 . It was intended to hold the first regular and democratic elections to a real parliament since the overthrow of the dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi .

While all candidates ran as independents, according to analysts secular groups won the majority of the seats, while Islamist candidates won about 30 seats this time.

background

The General National Congress elected in 2012 and previously ruling came to an agreement on April 10, 2013 that a constituent assembly should first be elected; on February 20, 2014 this was elected . On May 25, 2014, the General National Congress set the date for the election to the Council of Representatives , the new Libyan parliament. Libyans with foreign citizenship are also allowed to run for the office of parliamentarian.

procedure

A total of 630,000 people cast their votes. Some voting stations were also closed in Kufra and Sabha for security reasons .

Human rights activist Salwa Bughaigis was shot dead in front of her home in Benghazi after she returned from the election. Their attackers were masked and wore military uniforms. Bughaighis, a citizen of Benghazi, was a lawyer by profession and had three children. She played an active role in the overthrow of Gaddafi and was a member of the National Transitional Council, which was dissolved in 2012 .

Result

All 1,714 candidates appeared as independents as party lists were banned under the new electoral law. Of the 200 seats, 188 were announced on July 22nd. Most of the seats went to secular factions, while Islamists , who were slightly more represented in the previous parliament ( national congress), won around 30 seats this time.

After the election, Ahmed Miitig was appointed head of government to succeed Abdullah Thenni . The new Speaker of Parliament, Aguila Saleh Issa , also became head of state.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Libya publishes parliamentary election results. (No longer available online.) In: Xinhua. July 22, 2014, archived from the original on August 8, 2014 ; accessed on August 22, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Election re-runs next Wednesday says Elabbar. In: Libya Herald. February 21, 2014, accessed April 1, 2014 . 
3. ^ The Thirty-Fifth Report - May 15 - May 30, 2014. (No longer available online.) Eye on the General National Congress, June 15, 2014, archived from the original on September 3, 2014 ; Retrieved August 29, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Congress votes to replace itself with new House of Representatives. In: Libya Herald. March 30, 2014, accessed April 1, 2014 . 
5. ^ ^{A b} Rana Jawad: Libyan elections: Low turnout marks bid to end political crisis. In: BBC. June 26, 2014, accessed August 22, 2014 .