National Assembly (Ivory Coast)

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National Assembly Assemblée nationale
Parliament of Ivory Coast
Type
Type	Lower House of the Parliament of Ivory Coast
Leadership
President	Adama Bictogo [fr], RHDP since 7 June 2022
Structure
Seats	255
Political groups	Government (138)   Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (138) Opposition (91)   Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (63)   African People's Party – Côte d'Ivoire (18)   Together to Build (UDPCI, FPI and allies) 8)   Ivorian Popular Front (2) Non-partisan (26)   Independents (26)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	6 March 2021
Meeting place
Le Plateau, Abidjan
Website
www.assnat.ci/assembleenationale/

The National Assembly is lower house of the Parliament of Ivory Coast since November 2016. From 1960 to 2016, the National Assembly was Ivory Coast's unicameral legislative body. Evolved from semi-representative bodies of the French Colonial period, the first National Assembly was constituted on 27 November 1960 with 70 elected members (députés) in accordance with the Constitution of 31 October 1960, which created the First Republic.

Legislative power in Ivory Coast is exercised by Deputies elected from Constituencies (Circonscriptions) by a Scrutin de Liste or Plurality-at-large voting which has neither a proportional representation or panachage element common in many such systems.^[1] The powers of this Assembly expire at the end of its second regular session (session ordinaire) in the fifth year of its mandate. The Assembly is then reformed by election from candidates who must be Ivorian citizens of 25 years or older who have never renounced their Ivorian nationality.^[2]

The first National Assembly of the Second Republic of Ivory Coast elected for the period 2000–2005 was marked by both internal political crisis and the Ivorian Civil War. No elections were held in 2005, but with the peace deal ending the Civil War, elections are expected on 30 November 2008.^[3]

The 2011 Ivorian parliamentary election was dominated by the Rally of the Republicans, the party of President Alassane Ouattara, followed by the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally. The current National Assembly is made up of 255 elected officials, with the National Assembly president post being vacant.^[4]

Presidents of the National Assembly

Below is a list of presidents of the Conseil général:

Name	Entered office	Left office
Auguste Denise	1947	1950

Below is a list of presidents of the Territorial Assembly:

Name	Entered office	Left office
Victor Capai Djédjé	1950	1953
Félix Houphouët-Boigny	1953	1959

Below is a list of presidents of the National Assembly:

Name	Entered office	Left office
Philippe Yacé	27 April 1959	1980
Henri Konan Bédié	December 1980	1993
Charles Bauza Donwahi	8 January 1993	2 April 1997
Émile Atta Brou	1997	1999
Mamadou Koulibaly	22 January 2001	12 March 2012
Guillaume Kigbafori Soro	12 March 2012	8 February 2019
Amadou Soumahoro	7 March 2019	7 May 2022

Last election results

Main article: 2021 Ivorian parliamentary election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace	1,313,886	49.18	137	–30
	PDCI-RDA–EDS	441,602	16.53	50	–
	Democratic Party of Ivory Coast	160,599	6.01	23	–
	Together for Democracy and Sovereignty	118,570	4.44	8	New
	Together to Build (UDPCI, FPI and allies)	53,826	2.01	8	+2
	Ivorian Popular Front	52,451	1.96	2	–1
	For the Republic and Democracy	2,417	0.09	0	New
	Republican Union for Democracy	2,053	0.08	0	0
	Rally of Democrats of Ivory Coast	1,810	0.07	0	New
	Rally for Peace and Agreement	1,694	0.06	0	0
	1,000 Volunteers	1,600	0.06	0	New
	Union of Democrats for Progress	1,146	0.04	0	0
	Party for African Integration	1,016	0.04	0	New
	RPC-PAIX–GP-PAIX	911	0.03	0	–
	Ecological Party of Ivory Coast	822	0.03	0	New
	Strength to the Peoples	681	0.03	0	New
	Alliance for Democracy Movement	589	0.02	0	New
	Serving Ivory Coast	587	0.02	0	New
	Democratic and Civic Union	535	0.02	0	0
	National Civic Movement	533	0.02	0	0
	New Union for Ivory Coast	464	0.02	0	New
	People's Party of Social Democrats	405	0.02	0	0
	Party for Progress and Socialism	392	0.01	0	New
	Ivorian Ecological Party	300	0.01	0	New
	National, Democratic and Reformist Front	263	0.01	0	0
	Congress for an Ivorian and Pan-African Renaissance	248	0.01	0	0
	Pan-African Congress for Renewal	244	0.01	0	New
	People's Socialist Union	237	0.01	0	0
	Union for Total Democracy in Ivory Coast	233	0.01	0	0
	Union for National Progress	228	0.01	0	0
	Group of Political Partners for Peace	194	0.01	0	New
	Liberal Democratic Party of Ivory Coast	192	0.01	0	New
	Ivorian Democratic Front	181	0.01	0	New
	Pan-African Democratic Rally	175	0.01	0	0
	Reform is Possible	246	0.01	0	New
	Ivorian Centrist Alliance	143	0.01	0	New
	Business and Farmers Party of Ivory Coast	118	0.00	0	New
	UNITE-AMOUR-PAIX	88	0.00	0	New
	National Integrity and Conscience	82	0.00	0	New
	Democratic and Social Movement	79	0.00	0	0
	Social Democrat Party	66	0.00	0	New
	Ivorian Party of Challenges to Overcome	64	0.00	0	0
	National Congress for the Development of Ivory Coast	57	0.00	0	New
	Collective of Democratic Ivorians	55	0.00	0	0
	National Reforming Party	53	0.00	0	New
	Party of Democratic Rebirth and Development	46	0.00	0	New
	Party of Republican Democrats	43	0.00	0	New
	National Movement of Young Centrists	18	0.00	0	New
	Independents	509,513	19.07	26	–50
Vacant				1	–
Total		2,671,755	100.00	255	0
Valid votes		2,671,755	95.83
Invalid/blank votes		116,267	4.17
Total votes		2,788,022	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,359,399	37.88
Source: CEI

See also

• History of Ivory Coast
• Legislative Branch
• Politics of Ivory Coast
• List of national legislatures

References

1. Loi N° 2000-514 du 1er août portant code électoral, article 68.
2. Loi N° 2000-514 du 1er août portant code électoral, article 71.
3. Poll expert sees Ivory Coast elections delay. Reuters, Ange Aboa, 04 Aug 2008.
4. "Africanews | President of Ivorian Assembly Amadou Soumahoro died on Saturday". Africanews. Retrieved 2022-05-13.

• Portions of this article were translated from the French language Wikipedia entry fr:Assemblée nationale (Côte d'Ivoire), 2008-08-18.

External links

• Official website