Swaziland: Election archive

Tinkhundla elections

2008 House of Assembly election

Secondary election day: 19 Sep
Campaigning begins: 23 Aug
Primary election day: 23 Aug
Candidate nominations: 2-3 Aug
Dissolution of Parliament: 30 Jun
Voter registration: 19 May to 22 Jun
Tinkhundla boundary delimitation: Defered to 2009, after election

Run-up to the election
Tinkhundla electoral system

2003 House of Assembly election

Swaziland Election Updates 2003

2003 No 1 [PDF]
2003 No 2 [PDF]

EISA fact finding mission

Terms of reference for the mission, October 2003
Swaziland Election Dossier 2003, No. 1 October 2003 [PDF].

KABEMBA, C (ED) 2004 Swaziland's Struggle with Political Liberalisation [PDF document], EISA Research Report No 3.
SHONGWE, K 2003 Is Swaziland a Democracy? [PDF document], EISA Democracy seminar series papers No 3, 19 March.

COMMONWEALTH EXPERT TEAM 2003 Swaziland National Elections 18 October 2003: Report, [www] http://www.thecommonwealth.org/shared_asp_files/uploadedfiles/ %7B9C9C4FF0-8E15-40E4-98B1-138FE7A81FF9%7D_SwazilandNationalElections_report.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 25 Oct 2007).
COMMONWEALTH EXPERT TEAM 2003 Report to Voter Registration in Swaziland 14-18 July 2003, [www] http://www.thecommonwealth.org/shared_asp_files/uploadedfiles/%7B288CB968-1308-4203-B0CD-03C962F2CDD9%7D_Voter%20Registration%20Report-swaziland.pdf [PDF documen, opens new window] (accessed 3 Sep 2008).

1998 Tinkhundla election

Fifth Tinkhundla general elections, 1998

NDI 1998 "Statement of the NDI August 24-28, 1998 Assessment Mission to Swaziland", [www] http://www.accessdemocracy.org/library/1487_sw_election_082898.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 25 Oct 2007).