General Information
Madagascar: Parliamentary Election Type, 17 May 1998
At stake in this election:
- 150 seats in the Assemblee Nationale (National Assembly)
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Didier RATSIRAKA (9 February 1996 - 5 July 2002)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Pascal RAKOTOMAVO (21 February 1997 - 23 July 1998)
- Assembly: Madagascar has a unicameral National Assembly composed of 151 seats with members serving 4-year terms.
Description of electoral system:
- In the National Assembly, 87 members are directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, and 64 are directly elected in two-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote.
Last Election:
- Elections for the National Assembly were last held on 16 June 1993.
Main candidates in the election:
- Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution
- Economic Liberalism and Democratic Action for National Recovery
- Judged by Your Work
- Rally for Socialism and Democracy
- Action, Truth, Development, and Harmony
- Movement for the Progress of Madagascar
- Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar - Renewal
- Confederation of Civil Societies for Development
- Action and Reflection Group for the Development of Madagascar
Population and number of registered voters:
· Population: 14,790,245 (1998)
· Registered Voters: 5,234,198 (1998)
Gender Data:
· Female Population: 7,424,430 (1998)
· Is Madagascar a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)
· Has Madagascar ratified CEDAW: Yes (17 March 1989)
· Gender Quota: No
· Female candidates in this election: Yes
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 12 (following the 1998 elections)
· Human Development Index Position: 154 (2014)
· Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)
Disability Data:
· Is Madagascar a signatory to CRPD: Yes (25 September 2007)
· Has Madagascar ratified CRPD: Yes (12 June 2015)
· Population with a disability: 1,113,664 (est.)