Parliament of the Republic of the Congo

Parliament of the Republic of the Congo Parlement de la République du Congo

Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	• Senate • National Assembly
History
Founded	1958 (1958)
Preceded by	Moyen-Congo Representative Council
Leadership
President of the Senate	Pierre Ngolo, PCT since 12 September 2017
President of the National Assembly	Isidore Mvouba, PCT since 19 August 2017
Structure
Seats	Senate: 72 National Assembly: 151

Senate political groups	PCT (52) RDPS (3) MAR (2) Club 2002 (2) UPADS (1) PRL (1) UDLC (1) MCDDI (1) LCEM (1) Independents (7)

National Assembly political groups	Government (120) PCT (112) MAR (4) Club 2002 (2) RDPS (2) Support (3)^[1] CPR (1) URDP (1) RC (1) Opposition (16) UPADS (7) UDH-Yuki (7) MUST (1) MCDDI (1) Others (12) PRL (2) DRD (2) APC (1) MDP (1) Independents (6)
Elections
Senate voting system	First-past-the-post
National Assembly voting system	Two-round system
Last Senate election	20 August 2023
Last National Assembly election	10 and 31 July 2022
Next Senate election	2029
Next National Assembly election	2027
Website
senat.cg assemblee-nationale.cg

The Parliament of the Republic of the Congo consists of two chambers:

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Dependencies, autonomies, other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Puntland Somaliland (disputed) Zanzibar (Tanzania)
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