Politics of Rwanda

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The Chamber of Deputies (Umutwe w'Abadepite or Chambre des Députés) is the lower house of the bicameral national legislature of Rwanda. It was created under the new Constitution adopted by referendum in 2003. A lower house (sometimes known as the first chamber) is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. ... Jump to: navigation, search In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ... Chamber of the Estates-General, the Dutch legislature. ...

Composition

The Chamber is made up of 80 deputies. Of these, 53 are elected for five-years term by proportional representation and 24 are elected by provincial councils; of the remainder, two are appointed by the National Youth Council, and one by the Federation of the Associations of the Disabled. Jump to: navigation, search Proportional representation (PR) is any election system which ensures a proportionally representative result of a democratic election, x% of votes should be represented by x% in the democratic institutions, parliament or congress. ... Rwanda is divided into 12 provinces (intara), these are further divided into districts. ...

Election result

The first election to the new Chamber of Deputies was held on 29 and 30 September 2003. Of 3,958,058 registered voters, 3,818,603 votes were cast (96.5% turnout) and the 53 directly elected seats were distributed as follows: (Redirected from 29 September) September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Rwandese Patriotic Front (FPR): 33
• Christian Democratic Party (PDC): 3
• Islamic Democratic Party (PDI): 2
• Democratic Union of the Rwandese People (UDPR): 1
• Rwandese Socialist Party (PSR): 1
• Liberal Party (PL): 7
• Social Democratic Party (PSD): 6

The first five parties make up the FPR-led ruling coalition. The Rwandese Patriotic Front or Rwandan Patriotic Front, abbreviated as RPF, is the current ruling political party of Rwanda, led by President Paul Kagame. ... The Christian Democratic Party (French: Parti Démocratique Chrêtien) is a political party in Rwanda. ... The Islamic Democratic Party (French: Parti Démocratique Islamique) is a political party in Rwanda. ... The Democratic Union of the Rwandese People (French: Union Démocratique du People Rwandais) is a political party in Rwanda. ... Rwandese Socialist Party (French: Parti socialiste rwandais or PSR) is a pro-government political party in Rwanda. ... The Liberal Party (French: Parti Libéral) is a political party in Rwanda. ... The Social Democratic Party (French: Parti Social Démocrate) is a political party in Rwanda. ...

See also

• Senate of Rwanda, the upper house of the legislature