2023 Swazi general election
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{{Expand French|topic=gov|Élections législatives eswatiniennes de 2023|date=January 2024}}
{{Politics of Eswatini}}
General elections were held in Eswatini on 29 September 2023.{{Cite web |title=Eswatini to hold parliamentary elections in September |url=https://www.zawya.com/en/world/africa/eswatini-to-hold-parliamentary-elections-in-september-c7s3m7m9 |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=www.zawya.com |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Get to know Your Candidates! and get ready for Secondary Elections |url=https://www.elections.org.sz/2023/ |website=elections.org.sz |access-date=10 September 2023}}{{Cite news |date=2023-09-29 |title=Eswatini holds parliamentary elections under monarch's control |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/eswatini-holds-parliamentary-elections-under-monarchs-control-2023-09-29/ |access-date=2023-09-30}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-29 |title=Eswatini: voters cast their ballots in legislative elections |url=https://www.africanews.com/2023/09/29/eswatini-voters-cast-their-ballots-in-legislative-elections/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Africanews |language=en}} As the country is an absolute monarchy, the role of the parliament is mostly advisory.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66958507 |department=Africa |title=Eswatini election: The vote in a kingdom where parties are banned |date=2023-09-29 |accessdate=2023-09-30 |first=Gloria |last=Aradi |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC News}}
Electoral system
The House of Assembly consists of 59 elected seats and up to ten chosen by the Ngwenyama. The 59 elected members are elected in a two-round system. A primary election is held in each of the 385 chiefdoms to choose a candidate for the secondary election, with between three and twenty candidates in each chiefdom. In the secondary election, the country is divided into 59 constituencies (increased from 55 in the 2013 elections);{{Cite web |date=23 May 2018 |title=Unhappy residents boycott election |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201805230507.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023340/https://allafrica.com/stories/201805230507.html |archive-date=2018-08-17}} each winner of the primary election then stands in the constituency that covers their chiefdom.{{Cite web |title=Swaziland: Primary and Secondary Elections: 24 August – 20 September 2013: Final Report |url=http://eeas.europa.eu/archives/eueom/missions/2013/swaziland/pdf/final-report-eem-swaziland-2013_en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218232704/http://eeas.europa.eu/archives/eueom/missions/2013/swaziland/pdf/final-report-eem-swaziland-2013_en.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2018}} Both rounds operate on a first-past-the-post basis, with all candidates running as independents.{{Cite web|title=ESWATINI (House of Assembly), Electoral system|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2301_B.htm|access-date=2023-01-08|website=Inter-Parliamentary Union}}