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General elections are expected to be held in Eswatini in 2023.[1]
Electoral system
The House of Assembly consists of 59 elected seats and up to ten chosen by the Ngwenyama. The 59 elected members are elected in a two-round system. A primary election is held in each of the 385 chiefdoms to choose a candidate for the secondary election, with between three and twenty candidates in each chiefdom. In the secondary election, the country is divided into 59 constituencies (increased from 55 in the 2013 elections);[2] each winner of the primary election then stands in the constituency that covers their chiefdom.[3] Both rounds operate on a first-past-the-post basis, with all candidates running as independents.[3][4]
References
- ^ "EISA's 2023 African election calendar". EISA. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ^ Unhappy residents boycott election Archived 2018-08-17 at the Wayback Machine Swazi Media Commentary, 23 May 2018
- ^ a b Swaziland: Primary and Secondary Elections: 24 August – 20 September 2013: Final Report Archived 18 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine Election Experts Mission
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: ESWATINI (House of Assembly), Electoral system". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
