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Home Elections Special

Libya’s General National Congress Elections – in numbers

bySami Zaptia
December 30, 2012
Reading Time: 3 mins read
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Compiled by Sami Zaptia.

Tripoli, 28 June:

With Libya’s 7 July General National Congress Elections looming, Libya Herald has compiled some interesting numbers associated . . .[restrict]with the elections. Here are a few that we have highlighted.

7th of July – Probably the most important number is the 7th of July which is the date of the elections. The whole of Libya had been waiting for ‘the date’ when it became widely known that the elections would not actually take place on 19th June – the original election date.

16,000 –This is the number of bottles of indelible ink that voters will be dipping their fingers in after voting. I am sure that we will see many a photograph of ink-stained fingers all over the media celebrating this historic act – as was the case with the various local city elections.

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200 – This is the total number of seats being contested in the General National Congress.

13 – The number of constituencies Libya has been divided into for the purpose of these elections.

2.865,937 million – The total number of registered voters.

7 July 2012 The date of the Libyan General National Congress elections
18 June The official start of campaigning for the elections
5 July The official end of campaigning for the elections
38,500 People employed and trained by the HNEC to implement the elections
89 Different types of anti-counterfeit forms that will be used for the elections
8 million Election ballot papers to be printed in the first print run alone
9,000 Boxes of election kits
20,000 Election booths
15,000 Ballot boxes
16,000 Bottles of indelible ink
8,046 Election monitors/agents/journalists officially accredited by 21 June.
200 The total number of seats to be contested in the elections
80 Seats reserved specifically for political entities* to contest
1,202 Total number of candidates standing for the 80 political entities seats
540 Women contesting the 80 political entity seats
662 Men contesting the 80 political entity seats
120 Seats reserved specifically for individuals to contest
2,500 The total number of candidates contesting the 120 seats for individuals
2,415 Men contesting the 120 seats for individuals
85 Women contesting the 120 seats for individuals
13 Libya has been divided into 13 constituencies for these elections
36% The lowest percentage of registered female voters is in Al-Khums
45% The average percentage of registered female voters for all of Libya
51% The highest percentage of registered female voters is in Obari
1441 The official HNEC general enquiry free phone number
1,571,580 The official number of registered male voters
1,294,357 The official number of registered female voters
2.865,937 million The total number of officially registered voters°

 

Source: The High National Election Commission of Libya www.hnec.ly as of 28 June 2012.

* Entities. Many Civil Society and Non-governmental Organisations are either directly or indirectly contesting the elections through coalitions with political parties. The HNEC officially calls ‘parties’ in this election ‘political entities’.

° The numbers for registered voters exclude Libyans living abroad who must register and vote on the same day.

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Tags: ballot boxesballot paperscampaigningcandidatesconstituencieselection boothselection kitselectionsfree phoneGeneral National CongressHNECindelible inkpolitical entitiesregistered votersseatswomen

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