2017 Republic of the Congo Senate election

2017 Republic of the Congo Senate election
Republic of the Congo
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72 seats in the Senate
Party Leader Seats
PCT Denis Sassou Nguesso 44
UPADS Pascal Tsaty Mabiala 2
MAR Roland Bouiti-Viaudo 2
RDPS Jean-Marc Thystère-Tchicaya [fr] 2
Club 2002 Wilfrid Nguesso 1
PULP 1
PRL [fr] Nicéphore Fylla de Saint-Eudes [fr] 1
FP [fr] Destinée Doukaga 1
Independents – 12
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the Senate before President of the Senate after
André Obami Itou Pierre Ngolo

Senate elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 31 August 2017. The Senate was renewed in its entirety for the first time as the result of constitutional reform enacted two years earlier. Previously Senate elections had seen half the members elected.

The Congolese Party of Labour (on the political left) kept the vast majority of seats at 44 out of 72. Twelve other seats went to close independents, with the rest to allies. The opposition only got two seats.[1]

  1. ^ "Congo-Brazza : le parti de Denis Sassou Nguesso remporte les élections sénatoriales" [Congo-Brazzaville: the party of Denis Sassou Nguesso wins the senatorial elections]. JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 1 September 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2023.