(Brazzaville) The Congolese Labor Party (PCT) of President Denis Sassou Nguesso won 111 seats out of 151 in the National Assembly of Congo, after the two rounds of legislative elections, according to the results published Tuesday by the Minister of the Territorial Administration.
Posted yesterday at 7:07 p.m.
These polls were marked by a low turnout of voters, according to observers. The authorities did not give the participation rate in this legislative election.
At the end of the second round, the former single party, the PCT, added nine seats to the 102 seats won in the first round, according to results read on state television by Interior Minister Guy-Georges Mbaka.
Former President of the Congolese Opposition Federation Claudine Munari defeated PCT Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo.
The Union of Humanist Democrats (UDH-YUKi) of late opponent Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas won seven seats in the new National Assembly, the same number of elected officials as the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) , hitherto the first formation of the opposition.
During the electoral process, “peace, serenity and national cohesion were preserved”, welcomed the Minister responsible for the elections Guy-Georges Mbaka.
The Congolese National Assembly must have an office in the coming days as a technical reshuffle of the government is envisaged, according to government sources.