2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election

2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election

20 December 2023 (2023-12-20)
Presidential election
Registered	41,738,628
Turnout	42.65% ( 4.92pp)
Nominee Félix Tshisekedi Moïse Katumbi Party UDPS Ensemble Alliance USN Congo ya Makasi Popular vote 13,058,962 3,256,572 Percentage 73.47% 18.32%
Results by province Results by territory/city
President before election Félix Tshisekedi UDPS Elected President Félix Tshisekedi UDPS
Legislative election
484 of the 500 seat National Assembly 251 seats needed for a majority
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Sama Lukonde ACO (USN) Judith Suminwa UDPS (USN)

General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 20 December 2023. Combined elections were held for the President, 484 of the 500 members of the National Assembly, 700 of the 716 elected members of the 26 provincial assemblies, and for the first time under the new constitution, 951 members of a scaled down number of commune (municipal) councils. On election day, the Congolese government extended voting to 21 December for polling stations that had not opened on 20 December.^[1][2] Agence France-Presse reported that some polling stations would open as late as 24 December.^[3]

These elections were the first of the 4th election cycle under the 2006 constitution. Six more elections are scheduled to follow in 2024, five of which are indirect.

Elections were not organized in the territories of Kwamouth, Masisi, and Rutshuru due to ongoing armed conflict

Incumbent President Félix Tshisekedi was provisionally declared the winner on 31 December by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), winning about 73% of the vote.^[4]

Background

2018 electoral fraud

Main article: 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election

President Félix Tshisekedi's election in 2018 was extremely controversial, with most independent observers, including the Catholic Church, believing that opposition candidate Martin Fayulu had actually won in a landslide. They believe that outgoing President Joseph Kabila, realising chosen successor candidate couldn't credibly win, struck a deal with Tshisekedi to make him president while Kabila governed jointly with him.^[5]

According to Jacques Mukena, Senior Governance Researcher at Ebuteli Institute, the election will most likely not be completely free and fair, but believes Tshisekedi and the CENI are aware of the fact that they would be under closer scrutiny than in 2018 because more local and international observers would be watching. Additionally, candidates such as Delly Sesanga have already declared that they would believe the Catholic Church's opinion of who won the elections, not CENI's.^[5]

According to the Crisis Group, there is a fear of a wider political crisis if losing candidates or their backers do not accept the presidential results. Any crisis, while not inevitable, could worsen the already dire situation in the east.^[6]

On 20 November, Fayulu advocated for transparent and impartial elections, he insisted that the Congolese "must no longer accept someone stealing their victory."^[7]

Insecurity

Main article: M23 offensive (2022–2023)

Map of the M23 offensive with Goma on the north shore of Lake Kivu at the bottom

The Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered from almost constant conflict in the east for the past 30 years. More recently, violence surged in the region after a new rebellion by the M23 group, supported by Rwanda, caused much of the North Kivu province to be occupied by rebels. This upsurge in violence comes as MONUSCO is expected to begin its "accelerated" withdrawal, as requested by Tshisekedi, after an almost 25-year presence in the country.^[8][9]

Due to this, two territories of the province will not be able to vote normally, but if Goma were to fall as it did in 2012, the whole process would be compromised.^[8]

With the possibility of over a million voters being disenfranchised from instability, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has proposed sending a regional intervention force into eastern DRC to try to stabilise the area. The SADC Mission in the DRC was first proposed in May and was meant to go in by September but has been postponed, with its most recent summit concerning finance.^[5]

According to the Institute for Security Studies, it's hard to imagine the mission could go in and suppress all of eastern DRC's many armed rebel groups in time to enfranchise those voters.^[5]

Schedule

Selected dates from the electoral calendar:^[10][11]

• 24 December 2022—17 March 2023: Voter registration.
  • 24 December—23 January (30 days): Registration in Kongo Central, Kinshasa, Kwango, Kwilu, Mai-Ndombe, Equateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi and Tshuapa provinces.
  • 25 January—23 February (30 days): Registration in Kasaï, Kasaï-Central, Kasaï-Oriental, Lomami, Sankuru, Haut-Lomami, Haut-Katanga, Lualaba and Tanganyika provinces; also for expatriates in South Africa, Belgium, and France.
  • 16 February—17 March (30 days): Registration in Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, Tshopo, North Kivu, South Kivu, and Maniema provinces; also for expatriates in Canada and the United States.
• 21 May 2023: Publication of registration statistics per electoral district—registration totals will determine the size of the provincial assemblies and of the local councils (commune, sector, and chiefdom councils). They are also used to apportion seats to electoral districts.
• 23 May 2023—15 June 2023: Proportional allocation of seats to electoral districts based on voter registration numbers; drafted and passed as a law.
• 26 June 2023—8 October 2023: Candidate registration.
  • 26 June—15 July (20 days): Candidates for the National Assembly.
  • 3 August—22 August (20 days): Candidates for provincial assemblies and commune councils.
  • 9 September–8 October (30 days): Candidates for president.
• 19 November 2023—18 December 2023: Electoral campaigns.
  • 19 November: Start of 30 day campaigns for president, National Assembly, and provincial assemblies.
  • 4 December: Start of 15 day campaigns for commune councils.
• 20 December 2023: Election day.
• 20 January 2024: Presidential swearing in ceremony.

Electoral system

Presidential election

The president is elected by plurality voting in one round.^[12] For the first time, some Congolese living abroad were able to vote in the presidential election. These were those living in Belgium, Canada, France, South Africa, and the United States.

National Assembly, provincial assembly, and commune council elections

Electoral districts and seat allocation

Except for the four National Assembly districts of Kinshasa, all electoral districts are simply administrative subdivisions of the country; the four exceptions are themselves groupings of administrative divisions of Kinshasa.

Contested electoral districts of the 2023 general election^[13]

For	the Districts are		Total
	in Provinces	in Kinshasa	Districts	Seats	Candidates[14]
National Assembly	territories^a and cities	Kinshasa I-IV^b	179 (64)^c	484	c. 25,000
26 Provincial assemblies		communes	199 (37)	700	c. 32,000
113 Commune councils	communes^d		113 (0)	951	c. 49,000
Notes: a) Postponed in the territories of Kwamouth, Masisi, and Rutshuru due to armed conflict. b) Kinshasa I: Lukunga, II: Funa, III: Mont-Amba, IV: Tshangu. c) Total single member districts in parentheses. d) Only the communes of Kinshasa and the 25 provincial capitals.

At the start of every five year election cycle voter registration takes place. The results for each province, including Kinshasa, are first used to proportionally distribute the 500 National Assembly seats and the 780 total seats of the provincial assemblies to the provinces. This determines the size of the provincial delegation in the National Assembly and the size of each provincial assembly. The second phase proportionally allocates provincial seats to each assembly district—in the case of the provincial assemblies, up to 10% of seats are reserved for the co-option of traditional leaders and are not allocated to an assembly district.

For the 2023 election, voter registration could not be carried out in some areas of the territories of Kwamouth, Masisi, and Rutshuru due to armed conflict. To deal with this, it was decided to postpone the elections in these territories, to reserve the same number of seats for these districts as they had in 2018, and to proportionally distribute the remaining seats to the other districts. The result was that only 484 National Assembly seats and 700 provincial assembly seats were to be contested.

Lumumbaville elected its first National Assembly deputy and its first deputy to the Provincial Assembly of Sankuru. This was the only new legislative district of the 2024-2028 legislature.^[15]

In the case of a commune council election, the commune is the single multi-member electoral district with the number of members determined by the number of registered voters in the commune according to a fixed table.

Getting on the ballot

Each candidate for these elections are part of a three-person ticket which includes candidates for first and second substitute. It is not unusual for a candidate to run for both a national and provincial assembly seat in which case they can keep but one and a substitute takes the other.

A new rule requires participating political parties and alliances to contest at least 60% of the seats up for renewal in an election. So for example, each party/alliance had to register at least 290 candidates to participate in the National Assembly election.^[16]

Election method

The method by which members are elected are different in districts having more than one seat, the most common case, from those that end up with only one seat.^[17]

In multiple-member districts, members are elected by open list proportional representation, with seats assigned using the largest remainder method. Candidates who win more than half the vote in their district are automatically assigned a seat.^[18] Otherwise, a party or independent candidate must meet an election threshold to qualify for seat assignment.^[17] The election thresholds for the National Assembly, a provincial assembly, or a commune council are 1% of the vote nationally, 3% provincially, and 10% in the commune, respectively.^[19]

In single member districts, members are elected using first-past-the-post voting.^[17]

Candidates

The 26 official presidential candidates were:^[20]

Active up to election day

• Tony Bolamba [fr]
• Jean-Claude Baende
• Martin Fayulu, leader of the Engagement for Citizenship and Development
• Marie-Josée Ifoku
• Moïse Katumbi, leader of the Together for the Republic
• Denis Mukwege, winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
• Adolphe Muzito, former prime minister (2008–2012)
• Enoch Ngila
• Théodore Ngoy
• Radjabho Tebabho Soborabo
• Félix Tshisekedi, incumbent president (2018–present) and leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress
• Constant Mutamba [fr]
• Justin Mudekereza
• Georges Buse Falay
• Rex Kazadi
• Abraham Ngalasi
• Nkema Liloo Bokonzi
• Floribert Anzuluni
• André Masalu

Withdrew in favor of another candidate

• Franck Diongo [fr], withdrew in favor of Moïse Katumbi^[21]
• Seth Kikuni, withdrew in favor of Moïse Katumbi^[21]
• Matata Ponyo Mapon, former prime minister (2012–2016) withdrew in favor of Moïse Katumbi^[22]
• Delly Sesanga, withdrew in favor of Moïse Katumbi^[23]
• Joëlle Bile [fr], withdrew in favor of Félix Tshisekedi^[24]
• Patrice Mwamba, withdrew in favor of Félix Tshisekedi^[24]
• Noël Tshiani, withdrew in favor of Félix Tshisekedi^[24]

Opinion polls

Opinion polling is rare in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to poor roads and lack of electricity. Nevertheless, a survey conducted by GeoPoll Socio-Political Barometer in the second quarter of 2023 found that voters expressed significant discontent with the governance under Tshisekedi, assigning him a satisfaction rating of 49.7%. Despite this, the survey also suggested that Tshisekedi would secure a second term thanks in part to perceived improvements, such as his free education initiative, and partly due to a divided opposition.^[5][25]

An earlier 2022 poll by the same group found unemployment and insecurity to be the most cited dysfunctional areas, closely followed by the state of the country's roads and rising prices. On the other hand, free education was found to be the most favorable policy.^[26]

Conduct

Pre-election violence

While the lead-up to the election was generally calm, several violent incidents were reported. On 14 July 2023, Chérubin Okende Senga, spokesperson for ENSEMBLE and former transport minister, was fatally shot in Kinshasa. The murder, described by Katumbi as a "political assassination," led to legal action by Senga's relatives in Brussels, accusing the head of the DRC's military intelligence of involvement.^[27][28] Later in the year, a Katumbi rally in Moanda was broken up by live rounds, injuring several people. The provincial government blamed Katumbi's guards, stating that they fired warning shots after the crowd grew rowdy. Katumbi blamed the police.^[29]

Violent clashes between supporters of different parties were also observed across various provinces, with candidates facing death threats on the campaign trail. On November 4, suspected UDPS activists attacked the convoy of Martin Fayulu in Tshikapa, Kasai province. On November 7, UDPS supporters clashed with ENSEMBLE supporters at a rally in Kasumbalesa, followed by ransacking of the local UDPS headquarters by Ensemble supporters. On November 28, a truck belonging to the campaign team of Maniema Governor Afani Idrissa Mangala ran over and killed Dido Kakisingi, leader of ENSEMBLE's Maniema youth league, in Kindu. Before the incident, UDPS supporters had attempted to block Katumbi's convoy and threw stones at Kakisingi.^[30] At least 19 deaths, including two candidates, have been attributed to election-related violence.^[31]

Election preparations

The CENI was reportedly woefully underprepared for the election. Due to the state of the country's roads compared to its size and the lack of funding, the CENI was forced to resort to doing almost everything via plane. As transporting by air is costly, the CENI had to get Egypt to send two C-130 Hercules planes to help deliver ballot papers at the last moment. Additionally, the CENI begged the UN to use its aircraft.^[32]

Election day

On election day voting offices were scheduled to open at 6 AM, but delays were observed nationwide, resulting in the formation of exceptionally long lines. Various logistical issues further compounded the situation, including the late arrival of materials, malfunctioning voting machines, failed batteries intended to sustain their operation, and instances of lost ballot papers. This prolonged waiting period reportedly led to frustration among poorly informed and/or impatient individuals, resulting in attacks on poll workers and polling stations. Additionally, 11,000 voting stations didn't even vote at all or were not counted.^[32]

According to Schadrack Mukad, an adjunct executive national secretary of the Civil Society Organization for Peace in Congo, which deployed 75,000 observers during the vote, "there were cases of machines that were seized by certain candidates and others by certain agents of the CENI outside voting places.” He expressed concern about the involvement of certain politico-administrative authorities and electoral candidates, who he says diverted CENI agents away from polling stations for a significant duration. Mukad attributed these violations to members affiliated with Tshisekedi's coalition.^[32]

Controversially, the election necessitated an extension into a second day, a move which was declared illegal by local observers and civil society, and parts of the country were still casting ballots five days after election day.^[33]

The CENI recognised cases of fraud, vandalism and intimidation, as well as the use of illegal voting machines.^[33]

Analysis

According to Nicolas Niarchos, in his piece for The New York Review of Books, the CENI's polling station data, "although impressive in detail", showed "strange" results. In the Fayulu stronghold of Kinshasa, for example, only 1,756,303 votes were counted–just ten percent of the capital's population.^[32]

Tafi Mhaka, in an opinion piece for Aljazeera, described the elections as "shambolic," calling for the Southern African Development Community to uphold electoral standards in every single member country.^[34]

Alternatively, Albert Kasanda, in his piece for The Conversation, partially attributes the opposition's failure to unite behind a single candidate and their campaign strategies, compared to Tshisekedi, who had the backing of major political figures which provided him a broad territorial network and a foothold in various regions of the country.^[35]

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Félix Tshisekedi	Union for Democracy and Social Progress	13,058,962	73.47
	Moïse Katumbi	Together for the Republic	3,256,572	18.32
	Martin Fayulu	Commitment to Citizenship and Development	875,336	4.92
	Adolphe Muzito	New Momentum	200,800	1.13
	Soborabo Radjabho Tebabho	Congolese United for Change	70,099	0.39
	Denis Mukwege	Independent	39,639	0.22
	Aggrey Ngalasi Kurisini	Independent	37,201	0.21
	Constant Mutamba [fr]	Revolutionary Progressive Dynamic	36,197	0.20
	Jean-Claude Baende	Independent	25,584	0.14
	Delly Sesanga	Flight	17,785	0.10
	Loli Nkema Liloo Bokonzi	Independent	17,046	0.10
	Patrice Majondo Mwamba	Independent	15,793	0.09
	Marie-Josée Ifoku	Independent	15,266	0.09
	Matata Ponyo Mapon	Leadership and Governance for Development	14,181	0.08
	André Masalu Anedu	Independent	13,974	0.08
	Floribert Anzuluni	Independent	13,707	0.08
	Noël Tshiani	Independent	9,276	0.05
	Seth Kikuni	Independent	8,621	0.05
	Justin Mudekereza Bisimwa	Independent	7,573	0.04
	Joëlle Bile Batali [fr]	Independent	6,911	0.04
	Franck Diongo [fr]	Progressive Lumumbist Movement	6,780	0.04
	Tony Bolamba [fr]	Independent	6,307	0.04
	Rex Kazadi Kanda	Independent	5,757	0.03
	Georges Buse Falay	Independent	5,288	0.03
	Enoch Ngila	Independent	5,156	0.03
	Théodore Ngoy	Independent	4,132	0.02
Total			17,773,943	100.00
Valid votes			17,773,943	99.85
Invalid/blank votes			26,252	0.15
Total votes			17,800,195	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			41,738,628	42.65
Source: CENI[36] as amended by the Constitutional Court[37]

National Assembly

Although the provisional results of the legislative elections were due on 3 January 2024, they were postponed for 10 days due to the fraud and irregularities denounced by CENI.^[38]

According to the provisional results, 44 parties and/or political groupings have reached the representativeness threshold and should therefore have seats in the National Assembly.^[39] The Independent National Electoral Commission has published the names of 477 of the 500 deputies, pending the results from constituencies where unrest and violence were recorded. This includes 177 constituencies, as the results of Masimanimba in Kwilu and Yakoma in Nord-Ubangi were annulled for fraud, and in the territories of Masisi and Rutshuru in North Kivu and Kwamouth in Maï-Ndombe, elections were not held due to the activism of armed groups.^[39][40][41]

After CENI invalidated 82 candidates, the ruling UDPS/Tshisekedi party won the most seats, giving President Félix Tshisekedi a comfortable parliamentary majority.

Matata Ponyo Mapon, Constant Mutamba, Jean-Claude Baende and Adophe Muzito, who also stood in the presidential election, were elected in Kindu, Lubao, Mbandaka and Kikwit respectively, while a large number of the president's allies, including the two presidents of the houses of parliament: Christophe Mboso and Bahati Lukuebo, Prime Minister Sama Lukonde, and the candidate deputy prime ministers Vital Kamerhe, Jean-Pierre Lihau and Christophe Lutundula, won their seats once again.^[42][43]

Provisional Results

Party Abbreviation		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Union for Democracy and Social Progress	1,664,049	9.26	69	+37
	Allied Actions–Union for the Congolese Nation	903,928	5.03	35	+19
	Alliance of Democratic Forces of Congo	890,753	4.96	35	–6
	Agissons and Buildings	752,559	4.19	26	–
	Allied Actions–All for the Development of Congo	692,491	3.85	21	–
	Alliance of actors attached to the people	649,226	3.61	21	–
	Alliance bloc 50	546,079	3.04	20	–
	Movement for the Liberation of the Congo	471,375	2.62	19	–3
	Together for the Republic	497,009	2.76	18	New
	Alliance for the Advent of a Prosperous and Greater Congo	532,066	2.96	16	–
	Alternative Action of Actors for the Love of Congo	392,140	2.18	16	–
	Alliance 2024	443,859	2.47	15	–
	It's up to us to build the Congo	379,135	2.11	13	–
	Congo Allied Action for the Convention	390,161	2.17	10	–
	Coalition of Democrats	431,028	2.40	9	–
	Actions of the Allies of the Convention for the Republic and Democracy	320,370	1.78	9	–
	Alliance of Progressive Congolese and Allies	260,392	1.45	9	–
	Alliance for Democratic Alternation and Allies	336,813	1.87	8	–
	Action for National Unity	239,969	1.33	8	–
	Audible Actions for Good Governance	191,056	1.06	8	–
	Alliance for Values	330,813	1.84	7	–
	Alliance for the Triple and Allies	305,728	1.70	7	–
	Allied Action for the Rise of the Congo	284,205	1.58	7	–
	Alliance of Nationalists	277,460	1.54	7	–
	Actions of Convention Allies–Unified Lumumbist Party	215,877	1.20	7	–10
	Alliance for the Solidarity Movement for Change	291,226	1.62	6	–
	Alliances of Unified and Allied Tshisekedists	287,996	1.60	6	–
	Avançons-MS	202,750	1.13	5	+4
	Another Vision of Congo and Allies	187,358	1.04	5	–
	Alliance and Action for the Rule of Law	258,255	1.44	4	–
	Political and Social Forces Allied to the UDPS	206,721	1.15	4	–
	Christian Alternative for Congo	190,606	1.06	4	–
	Alliance 2025	232,648	1.29	3	–
	Alternative Vital Kamerhe 2018	200,899	1.12	3	–
	New Momentum	179,870	1.00	3	–
	Dynamique Progressive Revolutionnaire	179,834	1.00	3	–
	UDPS–KIBASSA–A	180,054	1.00	2	+2
	Alliance of Political Parties Allied to the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo	179,929	1.00	2	–
	Alliance for the Reform of the Republic	179,877	1.00	2	–
	Action for the Federative Cause	179,847	1.00	2	–
	Alliance for the Growth and Democracy of Congo	221,869	1.23	1	–
	Alliance for Development Actions in Congo	191,053	1.06	1	–
	Leadership and Governance for Development	75,944	0.42	1	–
	Alliance of Elites in the Service of the People and Allies	179,953	1.00	0	–
	Allied Action for the Love of the Republic/Convention for the Republic	179,851	1.00	0	–
Other parties and independents		1,591,470	8.85	0
Annulled districts				7	+7
Total		17,976,551	100.00	484	–16
Valid votes		17,976,551	95.55
Invalid votes		748,079	3.98
Blank votes		88,839	0.47
Total votes		18,813,469	100.00
Source: CENI[44][45]

Provincial assemblies

Combined Provisional Results

Party Abbreviation		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	UDPS/TSHISEKEDI			102	59
	AFDC-A [fr]			66	-2
	A/A-UNC			48	–
	2A/TDC			39	–
	AB			34	–
	AACPG			30	–
	MLC			29	6
	ANB			26	–
	ENSEMBLE			23	–
	4AC			21	–
	A/B50			18	–
	A24			17	–
	CDER			17	–
	AAAP			16	–
	ACP-A			14	–
	AAD-A			10	–
	AEDC-A			10	–
	AAeC			10	–
	AAC/PALU			9	–
	A3A			8	–
	APA/MLC			8	–
	ARDEV-A			8	–
	A25			7	–
	AV			7	–
	AA/C			7	–
	FPAU			7	–
	A/VK2018			6	–
	AN			6	–
	A2R			6	–
	AVC-A			6	–
	ATUA			5	–
	APCF			5	–
	A1			5	–
	AACRD			4	–
	ALTERNANCE			4	–
	AAAD			4	–
	AMSC			3	–
	A7			3	–
	1A/A			3	–
	CRP			3	–
	NOU.EL			3	–
	AE			2	–
	AABG			2	–
	AUN			2	–
	AADC-A			2	–
	ALDEC			2	–
	AVANCONS-MS			2	–
	CODE			2	–
	AAAVC			2	–
	MSL			2	–
	DTC			2	–
	ADCN			2	–
	ASOD			2	–
	AESPA			1	–
	AAAR/CRD			1	–
	LP			1	–
	DYPRO			1	–
	ART&A			1	–
	LGD			1	–
	ACSCO			1	–
Other parties and independants				0
Annulled				12
Total				700	-15
Valid votes		17,960,910	99.53
Invalid/blank votes		84,438	0.47
Total votes		18,045,348	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		41,738,628	43.23
Source: CENI[46][47][48]

Party composition of each provincial assembly (provisional)

Province	Elected seats
	Total	V	Party
Bas-Uele	17		AAeC	UDPS/T.	A1	MLC	2A/TDC	AB	AFDC-A	ANB	ENSEM.
			5	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Equateur	19		FPAU	AFDC-A	CDER	AB	APA/MLC	MLC	AAAP	DYPRO	UDPS/T.
			4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1
Haut-Katanga	44		ENSEM.	UDPS/T.	2A/TDC	ARDEV-A	AB	1A/A
			11	10	8	8	4	3
Haut-Lomami	24		AB	AFDC-A	ANB	ENSEM.	UDPS/T.	AAAP	ALDEC	AUN	ALTER.	AMSC
			4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1
Haut-Uele	18		A/A-UNC	A1	A24	UDPS/T.	2A/TDC	A/VK2018	A/B50
			4	3	3	3	2	2	1
Ituri	43		A/B50	AACPG	A/A-UNC	AFDC-A	4AC	A2R	MLC	UDPS/T.	AAeC	MSL
			7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	2
Kasai	30		UDPS/T.	A/A-UNC	AFDC-A	2A/TDC	AACPG	A2R	A3A	APCF	DTC	ACSCO
			6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Kasai Central	31		UDPS/T.	A3A	2A/TDC	AFDC-A	A/A-UNC	AACPG	APCF	ATUA
			6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3
Kasai Oriental	22		UDPS/T.	4AC	A24	AFDC-A	AADC-A	AV	2A/TDC
			8	3	3	3	2	2	1
Kinshasa	44		UDPS/T.	ACP-A	4AC	AFDC-A	MLC	ANB	AACPG
			14	9	6	6	6	2	1
Kongo Central	36		A/A-UNC	AVC-A	UDPS/T.	AFDC-A	CDER	AB	AV	AAAP
			8	6	6	4	4	3	3	2
Kwango	22		AAC/PALU	AACRD	AB	UDPS/T.	4AC	AAD-A	AFDC-A	A25	AAAR/CRD	AEDC-A	CDER
			3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Kwilu	43	8	AACPG	AAC/PALU	AA/C	ANB	AFDC-A	2A/TDC	NOU.EL	AV
			7	6	5	5	4	3	3	2
Lomami	25		2A/TDC	AACPG	4AC	AFDC-A	UDPS/T.	A24	ACP-A	ATUA	A3A	AMSC
			4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1
Lualaba	22		A24	A25	ENSEM.	A/A-UNC	ALTER.	UDPS/T.	AN	ART&A	AVAN.-MS
			4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1
Mai-Ndombe	17	2	AAAP	AAeC	ACP-A	2A/TDC	ADCN	AFDC-A	UDPS/T.
			5	3	3	1	1	1	1
Maniema	20		AACPG	A24	UDPS/T.	A/A-UNC	ENSEM.	A25	AAAP	AACRD	AB	LGD
			5	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Mongala	18		MLC	UDPS/T.	FPAU	A/A-UNC	AA/C	A24	A25	CDER
			4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1
Nord-Kivu	44	14	A/B50	AAD-A	AB	CRP	UDPS/T.	A/A-UNC	AAAVC	AEDC-A	CODE	AMSC
			7	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Nord-Ubangi	17	4	2A/TDC	AFDC-A	CDER	MLC	A/A-UNC	ADCN	AESPA	ASOD	UDPS/T.
			2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Sankuru	23		2A/TDC	UDPS/T.	AB	ANB	A/A-UNC	AAAP	AE	A/VK2018	AAD-A	AFDC-A
			4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1
Sud-Kivu	44		A/A-UNC	AFDC-A	UDPS/T.	2A/TDC	AEDC-A	AN	A/B50	A/VK2018	AAAP
			8	8	7	4	4	4	3	3	3
Sud-Ubangi	26		CDER	AFDC-A	APA/MLC	ANB	LP	MLC	AB	UDPS/T.	ASOD	AACPG
			6	2	4	4	1	4	2	1	1	1
Tanganyika	23		AFDC-A	4AC	AB	2A/TDC	AABG	ANB	ENSEM.	UDPS/T.	ALTER.	AVAN.-MS
			5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Tshopo	27		AFDC-A	AAAD	ANB	MLC	A/A-UNC	AEDC-A	UDPS/T.	A7
			5	4	4	4	3	3	3	1
Tshuapa	17		AB	A7	AAD-A	ANB	APA/MLC	A24	AN	MLC	UDPS/T.
			5	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Total	716	28
Source: CENI[46][47]

Aftermath

On 6 January 2024, Katumbi released a statement disputing the results of the election on the grounds of "massive fraud and treachery" and calling for the resignation of Denis Kadima, the head of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Two days later, his party stated that he had been placed under house arrest, with a spokesman reporting the presence of "heavily armed soldiers traveling in armoured vehicles surrounding his house".^[49] The security forces were subsequently ordered to withdraw by the provincial governor Jacques Kyabula Katwe.^[50]

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Further reading

• Walsh, Declan; Bashizi, Arlette (17 December 2023). "The Overlooked Crisis in Congo: 'We Live in War'". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 December 2023.