2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo gubernatorial elections

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Gubernatorial elections will take place in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2024 to elect the governors and vice-governors of Kinshasa and the 23 provinces not under state of siege (North Kivu and Ituri provinces are currently under military/police administration). A candidate governor and vice-governor are elected together on one ticket by indirect ballot by the members of the provincial assembly using a two-round system were the second round is used to select between the top two tickets of the first round if no ticket gets an absolute majority.[1]

The elections will take place in four parts. The elections of the governors of Kinshasa and 19 provinces will be held April 29 at the same time as the senate elections. This is followed by the election of the governor of Equateur on May 7 and, on June 2, of the one of Mai-Ndombe. The election of the last two governors will be scheduled after the July elections to complete the provincial assemblies of Kwilu and Nord-Ubangi.[2][3][4]

These elections follow the re-election of President Félix Tshisekedi at the 2023 presidential election as well as the legislative and provincial elections held concurrently, with the results of the latter leading to the complete renewal of 22 of the 26 provincial assemblies whose members are responsible for electing governors.

Provisional Results

Total governor seats per party
Party Seats
April 29 Runoff May 7 June 2 TBD Total
Independent 13 - - - 13
AB 2 - - - 2
UDPS/Tshisekedi 2 - - - 2
AFDC-A 1 - - - 1
ANB 1 - - - 1
ARDEV-A 1 - - - 1
Total 19 1 0/1 0/1 0/2 20/24
Summary of individual elections
Province Number of Governor-elect Votes Party
Can Dep
Bas-Uélé 7 18 Mike Mukeni
17 / 18
Independent
Haut-Katanga 16 48 Jacques Kyabula [fr]
35 / 47
ARDEV-A
Haut-Lomami 4 26 Marmont Banza [fr]
17 / 26
AB
Haut-Uélé 4 20 Jean Bakomito [fr]
11 / 20
Independent
Kasaï 2 33 Crispin Mukendi
29 / 32
UDPS/Tshisekedi
Kasaï-Central 9 34 Joseph Moïse K'ambulu
19 / 34
Independent
Kasaï-Oriental 13 24 Jean Paul Mbuebua
16 / 24
UDPS/Tshisekedi
Kinshasa 31 48 Daniel Bumba [fr]
37 / 47
Independent
Kongo Central 14 40 Grâce Nkuanga
23 / 40
Independent
Kwango 4 24 Willy Bitwisila
13 / 24
Independent
Lomami 5 27 Iron Van Kalombo
14 / 26
Independent
Lualaba 6 24 Fifi Masuka [fr]
21 / 24
Independent
Maniema 7 22 Moïse Mussa
21 / 21
Independent
Mongala 5 20 Jean Colins Makaka
12 / 20
Independent
Sankuru 6 25 Victor Kitenge
15 / 24
AB
South Kivu 23 48 Jean Jacques Purusi
20 / 48
27 / 48
AFDC-A
Sud-Ubangi 6 28 Michée Mobonga
20 / 26
Independent
Tanganyika 5 25 Christian Kitungwa
16 / 24
Independent
Tshopo 20 29 Paulin Lendongolia
16 / 29
Independent
Tshuapa 5 18 Armand Yambe
18 / 18
ANB
Main Source: CENI[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ CENI (2 February 2024). "Communique de presse N° 011/CENI/2024" (PDF). ceni.cd (Press release) (in French). p.3 part B. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Kinshasa : la CENI reporte les élections sénatoriales au 29 avril". Radio Okapi (in French). 15 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ CENI (4 April 2024). "Communique de presse N° 020/CENI/2024" (PDF). ceni.cd (Press release) (in French). Calendar no. 87,32. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  4. ^ CENI (25 April 2024). "Communique de presse N° 026/CENI/2024" (PDF). ceni.cd (Press release) (in French). Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  5. ^ CENI (30 April 2024). Publication des résultats provisoires des élections des sénateurs, gouverneurs et vice-gouverneurs [Publication of the provisional results of the elections for senators, governors and vice-governors] (video) (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ Lists of candidates for governor available at the CENI website. See for example the list of governor candidates of Haut-Katanga province.
  7. ^ CENI (2 May 2024). "Communique de presse N° 030/CENI/2024" (PDF). ceni.cd (Press release) (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2024.