Libyan Council of Deputies election, 2014

2012 ←

25 June 2014

All 200 seats up for election 101 seats needed for a majority

Prime Minister before election

Abdullah al-Thani
Independent

Prime Minister

Abdullah al-Thani
Independent

Legislative elections were held in Libya on 25 June 2014 for the Council of Deputies (COD), more commonly known as the House of Representatives. Whilst all candidates ran as independents, the elections saw nationalist and liberal factions win the majority of seats, with Islamist groups being reduced to only around 30 seats. Election turnout was very low at 18%.

After the election was complete, two constitutional claims were brought before the Libyan Supreme Court (LSC). On November 7, 2014 the LSC ruled the amendment to Article 11 of paragraph 30 of the Constitutional Declaration invalid, which set out the road map for Libya’s transition and the COD elections. This in extension invalidated the entire legislative and elective process leading to the establishment of the COD including the election. Therefore, this meant the COD was effectively dissolved.

Due to controversy about constitutional amendments the COD refused to take office from General National Congress (GNC) in Tripoli, which was controlled by powerful militias from the western coastal city of Misrata. Instead, they established their parliament in Tobruk.

The international community through the United Nations Special Mission to Libya (UNSMIL) announced recognition of the COD and thus ignored the Supreme Court ruling. It was seen as unrealistic as the time to dissolve the COD.

A General National Congress was elected in July 2012, with the original responsibility of forming a constituent assembly to write the constitution; however, the National Transitional Council decided that Libyans will instead directly elect the constituent assembly. The General National Congress came to agreement on 10 April 2013 that constituent assembly members will be elected; the election for most of the constituent assembly took place on 20 February 2014.

On 25 May 2014, the General National Congress set 25 June 2014 as the date for elections to the House of Representatives. The new legislature has allocated 30 seats for women, will have 200 seats overall (with individuals able to run as members of political parties) and allows Libyans of foreign nationalities to run for office.

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