Madagascar: 2002 National Assembly election results
Updated June 2010
The election was held on 15 December 2002.
Extracted from: Lucien Toulou 2009 "Chapter 6: Madagascar" IN Denis Kadima and Susan Booysen (eds) Compendium of Elections in Southern Africa 1989-2009: 20 Years of Multiparty Democracy, EISA, Johannesburg, 214.On 15 December 2002 Madagascar held parliamentary elections in which Ravalomanana's party, Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM), won a landslide victory with a voter turnout estimated at 67.9 per cent. TIM won 103 of the 160 seats in the National Assembly in elections which were generally regarded as a test of popular support for the president after the 2001 crisis... Compared to 1998 (see 1998 National Assembly election results, Ratsiraka's Arema was reduced from 63 to 3 seats. The number of independents also decreased from 32 to 22.
Voting statistics
| Registered voters | 5 844 564 |
| Total votes cast | 3 966 287 |
| % Turnout | 67.86 |
| Valid votes | 3 865 256 |
| Invalid votes | 101 031 |
| % invalid | 2.55 |
Table source
Interparliamentary Union 2002.
Women's representation
Of the 150 members of the National Assembly elected in 2002 six (3.75%) were women (Interparliamentary Union 2002).
Election results
| Party | Votes | % Votes | Seats | % Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Love Madagascar (TIM) | 1 325 743 | 34.30 | 103 | 64.375 |
| National Union (Firaisankinam-Pirenena) | 339 599 | 8.79 | 22 | 13.750 |
| Rebirth of the Social Democratic Party (RPSD) | 75 896 | 1.96 | 5 | 3.125 |
| Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution (AREMA) | 189 539 | 4.90 | 3 | 1.875 |
| Economic Liberalism and Democratic Action for National Recovery (Leader-Fanilo) | 126 789 | 3.28 | 2 | 1.250 |
| Toamasina Tonga Saina | 1 807 690 | 46.77 | 2 | 1.250 |
| United Popular Forces (Herim-Bahoaka Mitambatra) | 1 | 0.625 | ||
| Independent Candidates | 22 | 13.750 | ||
| Total | 3 865 256 | 100.00 | 160 | 100.000 |
Table source
Interparliamentary Union 2002.
Reference
INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION 2002 "Madagascar Parliamentary Chamber: Antenimieram-Pirenena - Assemblée nationale, elections held in 2002", [www] http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2193_02.htm [opens new window] (accessed 15 June 2010).