Codes of conduct governing campaigning
Updated March 2007
| Country | Code details |
|---|---|
| ANGOLA | Electoral Code of Conduct of 2005 |
| Established by law, governs the behaviour of participants in electoral processes | |
| Violators may be prosecuted or face legal suites | |
| BOTSWANA | No written code of conduct |
| DRC | No information available. |
| LESOTHO | Electoral Code of Conduct of 2001 |
| Established by National Assembly Election (No 1) (Amendment) ACT 2001 | |
| Infringements punished by a formal warning, fine, suspension of media access or restrictions on campaign activities | |
| MADAGASCAR | No information available |
| MALAWI | Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections: Political Party Code of Conduct |
| Issued by the Malawi Electoral Commission as a regulation | |
| Enforced through sanctions such as fines or the disqualification of parties or candidates | |
| MAURITIUS | No written code of conduct |
| MOZAMBIQUE | Code of Conduct |
| Issued by National Electoral Commission | |
| Registered parties invited to a workshop before an election at which they are required to sign the code | |
| NAMIBIA | Code of Conduct for Political Parties of 1994 |
| Issued by Electoral Commission of Namibia after extensive consultation with political parties | |
| Is not legally enforceable | |
| SEYCHELLES | Code of conduct: Political parties |
| Agreed on by the Office of the Electoral Commissioner and registered political parties | |
| Is not legally enforceable | |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Electoral Code of Conduct |
| Established by Electoral Act (1998, Schedule 2) | |
| Party candidate lists submitted must be accompanied by undertaking binding the party, its agents and its candidates to adhere to the provisions of the Code; failure to do so carries the risk of disqualification. | |
| SWAZILAND | No written code of conduct. Political parties were banned in 1973, but unbanned by a High Court order on the basis a clause in the new Constitution guaranteeing freedom of association |
| TANZANIA | Code of Ethic for Elections of 2005 |
| Endorsed by the National Electoral Commission (NEC), the government and political parties | |
| Not legally enforceable | |
| ZAMBIA | Electoral (Conduct) Regulations 2006 |
| Issued as a regulation by the Electoral Commission of Zambia | |
| Contravention carries with it the possibility of a fine or up to a year imprisonment | |
| ZANZIBAR | Parties are governed by national law (see "Tanzania" above). |
| ZIMBABWE | Electoral Code of Conduct for Political Parties |
| Established by Electoral Act (CHAPTER 2:13) (2004, Fourth Schedule) | |
| No penalties attached to violations |