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Constitutional Reform – 2007

In 2007, multiparty elections were held for the National Assembly. All seats (137) were up for contests. In elections, Congolese Workers Party (PCT) and its 16 allies won 88 seats with PCT winning 46 seats. Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) won 11 seats, Union for Democracy and the Republic (UDR-Mwinda) won only one seat and independent candidates won 37 seats. The PCT’s share of seats declined in the 2007 elections whereas the UPADS’s share increased from 3 to 11 seats.¹

1. “Elections in Congo-Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo),” African Elections Database, accessed July 21, 2012, http://africanelections.tripod.com/cg.html#2007_National_Assembly_Election.