Elections in Libya

Libya

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The last election in Libya  was that of the General People's Congress under the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, held in March 2010.

Currently, the National Transitional Council is in the process of organizing Libya's recovery from the 2011 Libyan civil war and has pledged to organize democratic elections by April 2012.

Upcoming 2012 elections

Main article: Libyan Public National Conference election, 2012

Historical elections

Libya under Gaddafi

National elections were indirect through a hierarchy of people's committees. The head of government was elected by the General People's Congress. The last such election was held in March 2010.

Libya's parliament consisted of a unicameral General People's Congress. Its members were elected indirectly through a hierarchy of people's committees.

Suffrage was 18 years of age; universal and technically compulsory.

Kingdom of Libya

• Libyan general election, 1952
• Libyan general election, 1956
• Libyan general election, 1960
• Libyan general election, 1964
• Libyan general election, 1965

References

• CIA - The World Factbook: Libya