2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo Senate election
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Senate elections will take place in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2024 to renew the 108 elected members of the Senate elected by indirect ballot by the members of the 26 provincial assemblies. The elections will take place in five parts. The election of the 84 senators representing Kinshasa and 19 provinces will be held April 29 at the same time as the gubernatorial elections. This is followed by the election of the senators of Equateur on May 7, those of Ituri on May 8, and on May 26 those of Mai-Ndombe and North Kivu for a total of 16 senators. The election of the last 8 senators will be scheduled after the July elections to complete the provincial assemblies of Kwilu and Nord-Ubangi.[1][2][3][4][5]
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These elections follow the re-election of President Félix Tshisekedi at the 2023 presidential election as well as the legislative and provincial elections held concurrently, with the results of the latter leading to the complete renewal of 22 of the 26 electoral colleges responsible for electing senators.