2023 Republic of the Congo Senate election

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20 August 2023

All 72 seats in the Senate
37 seats needed for a majority

	Leader	Seats	+/–
PCT	Denis Sassou Nguesso	52	+8
RDPS	Jean-Marc Thystère Tchicaya	3	+1
MAR	Roland Bouiti-Viaudo	2	0
Club 2002	Wilfrid Nguesso	2	+1
PRL	Nicéphore Fylla de Saint-Eudes	1	0
UDLC		1	0
MCDDI		1	+1
RC	Claude Alphonse Nsilou	1	+1
PRL		1	+1
UPADS	Pascal Tsaty Mabiala	1	−1
Independents	–	7	−5

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

President of the Senate before	President of the Senate after
Pierre Ngolo	Pierre Ngolo

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Senate elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 20 August 2023.

Electoral system

The Senate is composed of 72 senators elected indirectly for a six-year term using first-past-the-post voting by an electoral college composed of municipal and departmental councillors with each of the twelve departments electing six senators.

The full results can be viewed below:


Party		Seats	+/-

	Congolese Party of Labour (PCT)	52	8
	Rally for Democracy and Social Progress (RDPS)	3	1
	Action and Renewal Movement (MAR)	2	0
	Club 2002 – Party for the Unity and the Republic (Club 2002-PUR)	2	1
	Liberal Republican Party (PRL)	1	0
	Union of Congolese Democrats and Liberals (UDLC)	1	0
	Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (MCDDI)	1	1
	Citizen Rally (RC)	1	1
	Congo on the Move (LCEM)	1	1
	Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS)	1	1
	Dynamic for the Republic and Development (DRD)	0	0
	Patriotic Front (FP)	0	1
	Party for Unity, Liberty and Progress (PULP)	0	1
	Union of Humanist Democrats-Yuki (UDH-Yuki)	0	0
	Independents	7	5

Total		72

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"Sénatoriales 2023 : le Comité national d'investiture du PCT se réunit ce 11 juillet". Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale (in French). 10 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
"Sénatoriales 2023 : des surprises et confirmations" (in French). 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
"Sénatoriales 2023 : des forces en présence". Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale (in French). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
"Congo – Élections sénatoriales : Et l'UPADS de Pascal Tsaty Mabiala coula corps et biens !". Les Echos du Congo Brazzaville (in French). 23 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

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