2024 Malagasy parliamentary election

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2024 Malagasy parliamentary election

← 2019

29 May 2024

All 151 seats in the National Assembly
76 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	Current seats
TGV	Andry Rajoelina	84
TIM	Marc Ravalomanana	16
MA.TI.TA		1
MTS		1
GYMP		1
MDM		1
RPSD Vaovao		1
Independents	–	46

Incumbent Prime Minister
Christian Ntsay Independent

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Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 29 May 2024 to elect the 151 members of the National Assembly.^[1]

Electoral system[edit]

The 151 members of the National Assembly are elected via a parallel voting system:^[2] 87 seats are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, while the remaining 64 seats are elected in 32 multi-member constituencies (of two seats each) by closed list proportional representation using the highest averages method.

For this election, 12 million people are eligible to vote.^[3] More than 450 candidates contested the election^[4]

Conduct[edit]

Voting was held from 06:00 to 17:00 on 29 May. Observers from the African Union and the Southern African Development Community monitored the proceedings.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Présidentielle à Madagascar: les premières estimations confirment la faible participation". RFI (in French). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
^ "Madagascar". IFES Election Guide.
^ "Madagascar holds key parliamentary election". Africanews. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Madagascar votes in legislative elections". Anadolu Ajansi. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

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