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to death or more than six months in prison for a crime in Eswatini, a member of the country's armed forces or holding or acting in a public office without being granted a leave of absence to serve in the Senate, unqualified to be a voter, otherwise disqualified by law, found incompetent to hold public office, connected to a firm with a government contract and having not made the proper disclosures regarding the contract, or holding or acting in any office connected with the conduct of any election or the compilation or revision of any electoral register.
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Each Member of Parliament must be at least 18 years old, a citizen, a registered voter, and have "paid all taxes or made arrangements satisfactory to the Commissioner of Taxes". Disqualifications are: being insolvent under any law without having been "rehabilitated", being of unsound mind, sentenced
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appoints the other ten members, at least half of whom must be women. The 66th member is the Speaker of the House, who is elected from outside the House. If the percentage of women members falls below 30%, a maximum of four women may be elected from the administrative regions.
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The Elections and Boundaries Commission is an independent authority consisting of a chairperson, a deputy chairperson and three others whose duties include overseeing voter registration, ensuring fair and free elections and reviewing and determining
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The House selects ten of the 30 members of the Senate, and the King appoints the rest. Of these, at least five of the ten and at least eight of the 20 must be women. However, according to the
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ran unopposed and was elected President of the Senate for the third consecutive time. Ngomuyayona Gamedze was chosen as Deputy President, also for the third consecutive time. Six of King
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level. The top three finishers then proceed to a general election, where the candidate who receives the most votes is elected. The
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database, in 2008, there were 12 women senators instead of the minimum stipulated 13, and in 2013, there were only ten.
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Past elections have lacked transparency. The full results of both the 2018 and 2013 elections were never published.
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boundaries. Members are appointed for a single term not exceeding 12 years.
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The Assembly has 66 members, of which 55 are elected from single-member
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Index

Elections in Swaziland
Politics of Eswatini

Constitution
Human rights
LGBT rights
Ngwenyama
list
Mswati III
Ndlovukati
list
Ntfombi
Government
Prime Minister
Russell Dlamini
Cabinet
Parliament
Senate
President
House of Assembly
Speaker
Administrative divisions
Regions
Tinkhundla
Umphakatsi
Elections
2013
2018
2023
Political parties

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