2012 Libyan parliamentary election

2012 Libyan General National Congress election
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200 seats in the General National Congress
(80 seats for political parties, 120 for individual candidates)
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mahmoud Jibril Mohamed Sowan Mohamed el-Magariaf
Party NFA JCP NFP
Leader since 2012 2011 2011
Seats won 39 17 3
Popular vote 714,769 152,521 60,592
Percentage 48.1% 10.3% 4.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Abdelrahman Sewehli Ali Tarhouni –
Party UFH NCP Wadi Al-Hayah Party for Democracy and Development
Leader since 2012 2012 2012
Seats won 2 2 2
Popular vote 66,772 59,417 6,947
Percentage 4.5% 4.0% 0.5%
Prime Minister before election

Abdurrahim El-Keib
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Ali Zeidan
NPFDW

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Elections for a General National Congress (GNC)[1] were held in Libya on 7 July 2012, having been postponed from 19 June.[2][3][4] They were the first elections since the overthrow and death of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi a year earlier, the first free national elections since 1952,[4] and only the second free national elections since Libya gained independence in 1951.

Once elected, the General National Congress was to appoint a Prime Minister and Cabinet.[5] The GNC was originally to be charged with appointing a Constituent Assembly to draw up Libya's new constitution in an interim period of 18–22 months before a constitutional referendum and new elections on that basis, but the National Transitional Council (NTC) announced on 5 July that the Assembly would instead be directly elected at a later date.[4]

Despite threats of a boycott, a majority of Libyans (61.58%)[6] cast a ballot. However, the election was marred by violence, protests and a number of deaths.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Q&A: Libya's General National Congress election", BBC News, 7 July 2012, archived from the original on 5 July 2012, retrieved 20 June 2018
  2. ^ "Libya elections postponed to July 7". gulfnews.com. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Libya: Transitional authorities to hold election 19 June", AfriqueJet, 28 April 2012, archived from the original on 7 May 2012, retrieved 1 May 2012
  4. ^ a b c Gumuchian, Marie-Louise, and Hadeel Al Shalchi. "Libyans celebrate free vote despite violence". Reuters. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "National Congress party results -". www.libyaherald.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Boycott calls and unrest raise fear of violence on eve of Libya's first election". 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Libyan militia storm election office in Benghazi as violence spreads". The Guardian. Associated Press. 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2016.