Elections were held in

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on November 13, 2024 concurrently with the

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to select the three official national

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of the country for a period of ten years. The three currently existing political parties along with seven newly formed political associations contested the election.

Background

The

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stipulates that only three political parties can exist at any one time. As a result, elections are held every ten years to determine the country's legal national political parties from a pool consisting of the existing political parties and newly formed political associations. In

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and

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, local municipal elections were used to select national political parties, with the three highest performing political parties or associations becoming the country's official national parties.

Contesting parties

Results

References

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