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Elections to the
Sahrawi National Council The Sahrawi National Council (SNC; , ) or Sahrawi Parliament is the legislature of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Its structure and competences are guided by the Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The present sp ...
were held between 19 and 21 February 2012. The elections were only held in the Free Zone of
Western Sahara Western Sahara is a territorial dispute, disputed territory in Maghreb, North-western Africa. It has a surface area of . Approximately 30% of the territory () is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 70% is ...
and in Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria, the rest of Western Sahara being under the ''de facto'' administration of
Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
. The elections were held after the 13th Congress of the
Polisario Front The Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (Spanish language, Spanish: ; ), better known by its acronym Polisario Front, is a Sahrawi nationalism, Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement seeking to end the occupatio ...
, which took place two months earlier between 15 and 22 December 2011. The percentage of young people in the new Council stood at 42%, while women gained 25% of seats.
Khatri Addouh Khatri Addouh (, ; born 1954) is a Sahrawi politician and diplomat who currently serves as the ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to Algeria. He previously served as Minister of Education and Vocational Training from 2023 to 2025, ...
was reelected
Speaker Speaker most commonly refers to: * Speaker, a person who produces speech * Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound ** Computer speakers Speaker, Speakers, or The Speaker may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Speaker" (song), by David ...
of the Council on 28 February 2012.


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Elections in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Elections in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic are regularly held by the government-in-exile at a national, regional and local level. Elections are considered to be held under a non-partisan participatory democratic regime, as the Sahrawi ...
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2008 Sahrawi legislative election Elections to the Sahrawi National Council were held between 17 and 19 February 2008. More than 126 candidates competed for the 53 seats in the Council, the unicameral legislature of the partially recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The C ...


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Elections in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sahrawi Sahrawi
Legislative A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers ...
Western Sahara Western Sahara is a territorial dispute, disputed territory in Maghreb, North-western Africa. It has a surface area of . Approximately 30% of the territory () is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 70% is ...
Algeria–Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic relations {{WesternSahara-stub