2006 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election

General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 30, 2006. They were the first multiparty elections in the country in 41 years, and the first since the overthrow of longtime leader Mobutu Sese Seko nine years earlier. Voters went to the polls to elect both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly, the lower-house of the Parliament. * a run-off election for the Presidency, as no candidate had obtained more than 50 percent of the first-round vote. * an election of provincial parliaments

2006 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election

General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 30, 2006. They were the first multiparty elections in the country in 41 years, and the first since the overthrow of longtime leader Mobutu Sese Seko nine years earlier. Voters went to the polls to elect both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly, the lower-house of the Parliament. * a run-off election for the Presidency, as no candidate had obtained more than 50 percent of the first-round vote. * an election of provincial parliaments