Herein this post, we discussed the National Assembly of Madagascar which is the lower house and in addition we explained the electoral system of the house.
The National Assembly was the new government set up by the French Revolution in the summer of 1789. In the next few years, the deputies debated a new constitution for France, including its colonial empire.
The National Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Madagascar. The Assembly has 151 members, elected for five-year terms in single-member and two-member constituencies. Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 27 May 2019 to elect the 151 members of the National Assembly.
ELECTORAL SYSTEM
The 151 members of the National Assembly were elected by two methods; 87 were elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 64 elected from 32 two-seat constituencies.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
Isika Rehetra Miaraka amin’i Andry Rajoelina | 1,398,135 | 30.90 | 84 | |
Tiako I Madagasikara | 437,781 | 9.67 | 16 | |
MA.TI.TA | 48,477 | 1.07 | 1 | |
Malagasy Tonga Saina | 18,582 | 0.41 | 1 | |
Group of Young Malagasy Patriots | 14,392 | 0.32 | 1 | |
Movement for Democracy in Madagascar | 9,863 | 0.22 | 1 | |
RPSD Vaovao | 2,809 | 0.06 | 1 | |
Other parties | 332,598 | 7.35 | 0 | |
Independents | 2,262,637 | 50.00 | 46 | |
Total | 4,525,274 | 100.00 | 151 | |
Valid votes | 4,034,129 | 96.36 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 152,570 | 3.64 | ||
Total votes | 4,186,699 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 10,302,194 | 40.64 |