THE ELECTORAL PROCCESS
The election cycle consists of the following major components;
- Registration of voters
- General Update of the Voters’ register
- Voter Education
- Display of the National Voters’ Register
- Nomination of Candidates
- Campaign meetings
- Polling Day
- Declaration of results
Type of Election/year Held/Number of Registered Voters
- Multiparty Elections (1980) 4,880,484
- Constituent Assembly Elections (1994) 7,186,164
- Presidential and Parliamentary Elections (1996) 8,495,422
- Local Council Elections (1997/98) 9,129,131
- Presidential Elections (2001) 10,775,836
- Parliamentary Elections (2001) 10,570,412
- Local Government elections (2002) 8,194,707
- Referendum (2005) 8,524,230
- Display Register (Dec ’05 – Jan ’06) 10,604,402
- General Election Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Governement (2011) 13,954,129
- General Election Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Governement (2016) 15,294,070