2014 Libyan parliamentary election

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The 2014 Libyan parliamentary election was a national vote held amid post-revolution instability that produced a new, internationally recognized legislature but deepened the country’s political fragmentation and conflict.

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instanceOf parliamentary election
aimedTo replace the General National Congress
alsoKnownAs 2014 Libyan parliamentary election
surface form: 2014 Libyan House of Representatives election

2014 Libyan parliamentary election
surface form: Libyan Council of Representatives election
context political instability in Libya
post-2011 Libyan Civil War transition
country Libya
disputedBy armed groups in Libya
elements of the former General National Congress
electionType legislative election
followedBy 2019–2021 Libyan election attempts
impact complication of UN-led peace efforts in Libya
dual government situation in Libya
further militarization of Libyan politics
ledTo escalation of the second Libyan Civil War
rival institutions in Tripoli and Tobruk
legalBasis February Committee proposals
amendments to the Constitutional Declaration of 2011
legislatureElected Council of Representatives (Libya)
House of Representatives of Libya
surface form: Libyan House of Representatives
monitoredBy international observers
numberOfSeatsContested 200
organizedBy Libyan electoral authorities
surface form: High National Election Commission (Libya)
precededBy 2012 Libyan General National Congress election
reasonForLowTurnout political disillusionment
security concerns
recognizedBy Arab League
European Union
United Nations
major Western states
relatedConflict Second Libyan Civil War
relatedInstitution General National Congress (Libya)
Government of National Accord
relatedProcess Libyan political transition after 2011 uprising
resultedIn contested legitimacy between rival Libyan parliaments
creation of the House of Representatives based in Tobruk
increased political fragmentation in Libya
internationally recognized legislature for Libya
seatsForIndependents 120
seatsForPoliticalEntities 80
termOfElectedBody 4 years
timePeriod post-Arab Spring era
turnout low voter turnout
votingSystem majoritarian system for independents
parallel voting system
party-list proportional representation

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House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) emergedFrom 2014 Libyan parliamentary election
2014 Libyan parliamentary election alsoKnownAs 2014 Libyan parliamentary election
this entity surface form: 2014 Libyan House of Representatives election
2014 Libyan parliamentary election alsoKnownAs 2014 Libyan parliamentary election
this entity surface form: Libyan Council of Representatives election