2012 Libyan General National Congress election
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The 2012 Libyan General National Congress election was the first national vote held in Libya after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, establishing a transitional legislative body to guide the country’s post-revolution political process.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | election ⓘ |
| ballotType | party lists and individual candidates ⓘ |
| campaignPeriod | took place in mid-2012 ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | milestone in Libya’s democratic transition ⓘ |
| context |
Arab Spring
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Libyan Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Libya ⓘ |
| date | 2012-07-07 ⓘ |
| electoralBody | General National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralCommission | High National Election Commission of Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electorate | Libyan citizens aged 18 and above ⓘ |
| firstNationalElectionAfter | end of Gaddafi regime GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstNationalElectionSince | 1960s GENERATED ⓘ |
| followedBy | 2014 Libyan parliamentary election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalFramework | interim constitutional declaration of 2011 ⓘ |
| locationOfVoting | polling stations across Libya ⓘ |
| mainWinningParty | National Forces Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mandateOfBody |
appoint an interim government
ⓘ
oversee transition to a permanent constitution ⓘ prepare for future constitutional and parliamentary processes ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | international observers ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first free national vote in Libya in decades ⓘ |
| numberOfCandidates | over 3700 ⓘ |
| numberOfPoliticalEntities | over 140 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeats | 200 ⓘ |
| organizedBy | National Transitional Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| post | Members of the General National Congress ⓘ |
| precededBy |
2011 Libyan Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fall of Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ |
| purpose |
to elect a transitional legislative body
ⓘ
to establish the General National Congress ⓘ to guide Libya’s post-revolution political process ⓘ |
| resultingInstitution | General National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seatsElectedByIndependents | 120 ⓘ |
| seatsElectedByPartyLists | 80 ⓘ |
| secondLargestParty | Justice and Construction Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| securityChallenges | localized violence and disruptions in some areas ⓘ |
| typeOfBodyElected | unicameral legislature ⓘ |
| voterTurnout |
approximately 60%
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over 2.7 million voters registered ⓘ |
| votingSystem |
parallel voting system
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party-list proportional representation ⓘ single-member constituencies ⓘ |
| womenCandidates | included ⓘ |
| womenRepresentationMechanism | zipper system on party lists ⓘ |
| year | 2012 ⓘ |
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