The results favor the pro-government New Ideas (NI) party, which would be getting a qualified majority in the new Legislative Assembly.
According to projections based on information from the Supreme Electoral Court, TSE, with percentages between 89.6 and 96.8 of acts scrutinized, these candidates have secured a seat in the Legislative Assembly for the period 2021-2024.
In this way, the results favor the pro-government party New Ideas (NI), which would be getting a qualified majority in the new Legislative Assembly.
With a qualified majority (56 seats), the bureaucracy will be able to undertake reforms to the Constitution of the Republic.
He may also hold second-degree elections such as the Attorney General of the Republic, magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice, Attorney General of the Republic or Attorney for the Defense of Human Rights, in addition to approving the General Budget of the Nation.
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For today, at 5 pm, the start of the final ballot is expected, which will detail how many of the 84 seats in the Assembly correspond to each party.
The duration of this stage of the elections could be between four and five days.
With the start of the final scrutiny, the TSE also opens the period of challenges, ie claims for irregularities.
The turnout in Sunday’s elections exceeded those recorded in the 2018 and 2015 midterm elections, and fell by a narrow margin below the 2019 presidential elections.