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| Founded | 1962 |
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| Seats | 100 directly elected, additional members co-opted to meet constitutional requirements[2] |
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Political groups | CNDD–FDD: 108 seats Twa: 3 seats |
Length of term | 5 years |
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| Closed listproportional representation with 2%electoral threshold | |
Last election | 5 June 2025 |
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| Kigobe Congress Center,Bujumbura | |
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TheNational Assembly is thelower chamber ofParliament inBurundi. It consists of 100 directly elected members (or deputies) and between 18 and 23co-opted members who serve five-year terms.[3]
Deputies are elected in 5 multi-memberconstituencies using aparty-list proportional representation system in accordance with theD'Hondt method. Political parties and lists of independent candidates must receive over 2% of the vote nationally to gain representation in the National Assembly.
As a country that has been devastated bycivil war and persistent ethnic violence since its independence in 1962, Burundi's new constitution (approved in a February 2005referendum) requires that 60% of the deputies be from theHutu ethnic group, while the remaining 40% come from theTutsi ethnic group. In addition, three co-opted members represent theTwa ethnic group. Women must occupy at least 30% of the seats in the National Assembly.
Elections to the National Assembly took place on 4 July 2005. TheNational Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) won 59 of the 100 seats filled through direct election. TheFront for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU), who won a majority of seats in the previouselection held in 1993, won 25 seats. TheUnion for National Progress (UPRONA) won 10, while theNational Council for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD), a breakaway faction of the CNDD-FDD, won 4. The small, predominantly TutsiMovement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens-Rurenzangemero (MRC-Rurenzangemero), won the remaining 2 seats. An additional 18 members were co-opted to meet the required ethnic and genderquotas.
Immaculée Nahayo, an ethnic Hutu member of the CNDD-FDD, was elected president of the National Assembly on 16 August 2005.
On 19 August 2005, the National Assembly andSenate Assembly (acting as an Electoral College) electedPierre Nkurunzizapresident of the republic. He took office on 26 August 2005.
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