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Encyclopedia > Elections in Western Sahara
Politics of Western Sahara

Politics of Western Sahara
Political parties in Western Sahara
Elections in Western Sahara Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Western Sahara former: Spanish Sahara Data code: WI Government type: legal status of territory and question of sovereignty unresolved; territory contested by Morocco and Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), which... Political parties in Western Sahara lists political parties in Western Sahara. ...

Elections in Western Sahara gives information on election and election results in Western Sahara. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. ...


Western Sahara elects on national level a legislature. The National Assembly has 101 members, elected by local and regional conferences. At the last elections, october 1995, representatives of the Frente Popular de Liberación de Seguía el-Hamra y Río de Oro or Popular Front for the Liberation of Seguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), were elected. As long as there is no independence, no new elections are planned. No other parties are allowed. Chamber of the Estates-General, the Dutch legislature. ... The Polisario, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro (Peoples Liberation Front of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro) is an army and political movement in the Western Sahara, principally... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. ...


See also

This electoral calendar lists the national/federal direct elections in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. ...

External links

  • Electionworld  (http://www.electionworld.org/sahara.htm)

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Western Sahara (3638 words)
In April 2000, a Moroccan civil court in the Western Sahara city of Laayoune sentenced five Sahrawi youth to prison terms of between 5 and 10 years for the "formation of a criminal association" after their alleged participation in a March 2000 stone-throwing incident in Laayoune.
Freedom of movement within the Western Sahara is limited in militarily sensitive areas, both within the area controlled by the Government of Morocco and the area controlled by the Polisario.
Workers in the Western Sahara were exempt from income and value-added taxes and received subsidies on such commodities as flour, oil, sugar, fuel, and utilities.
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