{"iso":"CD","name":"Democratic Republic of the Congo","flag":"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde9","vote":"Presidential vote \u00b7 official result, not competitive","model":"noncomp","updated":"2023-12-20","source":"2023 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the presidential vote of 20 December 2023, official results as published by the electoral commission CENI. Voting was extended over several days amid logistical failures and opposition fraud claims. No clean national party vote is published for the concurrent parliamentary election. Candidates below one percent are aggregated as others.","shares":{"UDPS":73.5,"ENS":18.3,"ECIDE":4.9,"NE":1.1,"OTH":2.2},"polls":[],"parties":{"UDPS":{"name":"Union pour la d\u00e9mocratie et le progr\u00e8s social","color":"#C8102E","name_en":"Union for Democracy and Social Progress"},"ENS":{"name":"Ensemble pour la R\u00e9publique","color":"#2E86C1","name_en":"Together for the Republic"},"ECIDE":{"name":"Engagement pour la citoyennet\u00e9 et le d\u00e9veloppement","color":"#F1C40F","name_en":"Commitment to Citizenship and Development"},"NE":{"name":"Nouvel \u00c9lan","color":"#8E44AD","name_en":"New Momentum"},"OTH":{"name":"Autres candidats","color":"#9a9a9a","name_en":"Other candidates"}},"primer":{"system":"Semi-presidential republic amid armed conflict in the east","head_of_state":"President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Judith Suminwa","legislature":"National Assembly of 500 members and a Senate.","electoral_system":"The president is directly elected by simple plurality in a single round. Assembly members are elected by open-list proportional representation.","government_now":"Tshisekedi was re-elected with an official 73 percent in a chaotic vote extended over several days, and his Sacred Union coalition dominates parliament.","context":"The Rwandan-backed M23 rebellion seized Goma and Bukavu in early 2025 before US- and Qatar-brokered accords sought a fragile peace. The DRC supplies most of the world's cobalt, and the next general election is due in 2028.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"UDPS":["Union pour la d\u00e9mocratie et le progr\u00e8s social","Union for Democracy and Social Progress","President Tshisekedi's party; historically the flagship pro-democracy opposition, now the largest ruling party and core of the Sacred Union coalition."],"ENS":["Ensemble pour la R\u00e9publique","Together for the Republic","Party of businessman Mo\u00efse Katumbi; a former ruling-coalition partner turned opposition, and runner-up in the 2023 presidential vote."],"ECIDE":["Engagement pour la citoyennet\u00e9 et le d\u00e9veloppement","Commitment to Citizenship and Development","Party of opposition leader Martin Fayulu, who disputes Tshisekedi's legitimacy; it boycotted the 2023 legislative election."],"NE":["Nouvel \u00c9lan","New Momentum","Small opposition party of former prime minister Adolphe Muzito."],"OTH":["Autres candidats","Other candidates","Other, minor presidential candidates."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2023 election","total":500,"seats":{"UDPS":69,"ENS":18,"ECIDE":0,"NE":0,"OTH":0}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2028-12-16","title":"DR Congo general election","chamber":"President","type":"scheduled"}}