Senate elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 19 January 2007, though they had originally been scheduled for 16 January.[1] The members of the Senate were chosen through indirect election by the members of the provincial assemblies; the delay was a result of the difficulties in choosing traditional chiefs to fill the places reserved for them in the provincial assemblies.[2]
Bemba, who had placed second in the 2006 presidential election, won a Senate seat from the capital, Kinshasa.[3]
Party | Seats | |
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People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy | 22 | |
Movement for the Liberation of the Congo | 14 | |
Forces for Renewal | 7 | |
Rally for Congolese Democracy | 7 | |
Christian Democratic Party | 6 | |
Convention of Christian Democrats | 3 | |
Social Movement for Renewal | 3 | |
Unified Lumumbist Party | 2 | |
Alliance of Congolese Democrats | 1 | |
United Congolese Convention | 1 | |
Democratic Convention for Development | 1 | |
Coalition of Congolese Democrats | 1 | |
Convention for the Republic and Democracy | 1 | |
DCF–COFEDEC | 1 | |
Social Front of Independent Republicans | 1 | |
Liberal Christian Democrats Union | 1 | |
National Alliance Party for Unity | 1 | |
Democratic Socialist Party | 1 | |
Democratic Social Christian Party | 1 | |
Rally for Economic and Social Development | 1 | |
Rally of Congolese Democrats and Nationalists | 1 | |
Rally of Social and Federalist Forces | 1 | |
Congolese Union for Liberty | 1 | |
Union of Mobutuist Democrats | 1 | |
National Union of Christian Democrats | 1 | |
National Union of Federalist Democrats | 1 | |
Independents | 26 | |
Total | 108 | |
Source: CEI |