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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

2. Website Address in the district) or cells (nexthighest administrative
www.nec.gov.rw unit after village) level, depending on the NEC’s de-
cision, for additions and corrections.
3. Nature of EMB
Independent and Autonomous 4. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo
Identity Card
4. No. of Members in EMB Rwanda National Identity Card
7
5. Voter turnout in last National Elections
5. Terms of office 96.82%
3 Years
6. Voting Method
6. EMB Members selected by Manual marking of Ballots
President, Senate
7. Voting Process
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority On poll day, voting commences at 6 am and ends at
President, Senate 3 pm. Voting is an obligation for citizens of Rwan-

da. Each polling room has 3 polling agents. First
8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB
Presidential, Parliamentary polling agent verifies identity and whether a voter
fulfils the requirements as mentioned in electoral
9. Names of the Other Bodies Related with the law. Second polling agent is given the responsibil-
Electoral Process ity of issuing ballot paper and third polling agent is
assigned with the responsibility of marking on the
10. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s) voter’scard. The voter casts her/his vote by means
law N° 39/2000 of November 28, 2000 of ballot paper in secrecy and drops it in a ballot box
beforeleaving the poll room.
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS
8. Method of electoral Dispute resolution
1. Total Population
Total: 12.9 Million (Oct., 2019) 9. Voter Education system for different category of
Male: 6.3 Million Female: 6.6 Million voters and Pictures of Electoral Processes

2. Registered Electors (C) ELECTION CALENDAR
Total: 6 Million (Sep., 2013)
1. Last Elections Dates
3. Method of voter registration 2 September 2018
The NEC currently operates a permanent voters’
register which is updated before each election. 2. Future Election Calendar
Since the introduction of the national ID card da- 2023
tabase in 2007, the update is conducted from this
civil register. The ID card database is, by law, held 3. Are there any fixed election days/dates
by the National Identification Department (NID). No
During updates, the NEC extracts and uploads re- 4. Advance Voting
cords of all citizens entitled to vote from the civil Yes
register database into the NEC’s voter register da-
tabase. This is done by networking the two institu- 5. Compulsory Voting
tions’ ICT facilities. Voters’ lists are then produced No
and displayed at village (lowest administrative unit

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