200 seats in the General National Congress (80 seats for political parties, 120 for individual candidates) 101 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Mahmoud Jibril
Mohamed Sowan
Mohamed el-Magariaf
Party
NFA
JCP
NFP
Leader since
2012
2011
2011
Seats won
39
17
3
Popular vote
714,769
152,521
60,592
Percentage
48.1%
10.3%
4.1%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Abdelrahman Sewehli
Ali Tarhouni
–
Party
UFH
NCP
Wadi Al-Hayah Party for Democracy and Development
Leader since
2012
2012
2012
Seats won
2
2
2
Popular vote
66,772
59,417
6,947
Percentage
4.5%
4.0%
0.5%
Prime Minister before election
Abdurrahim El-Keib
Independent
Elected Prime Minister
Ali Zeidan
NPFDW
Politics of Libya
Member State of the Arab League
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Prime Minister: Osama Hammad (acting)
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Chairman: Aguila Saleh Issa
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Elections for a General National Congress (GNC)[1] were held in Libya on 7 July 2012, having been postponed from 19 June.[2][3][4] They were the first elections since the overthrow and death of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi a year earlier, the first free national elections since 1952,[4] and only the second free national elections since Libya gained independence in 1951.
Once elected, the General National Congress was to appoint a Prime Minister and Cabinet.[5] The GNC was originally to be charged with appointing a Constituent Assembly to draw up Libya's new constitution in an interim period of 18–22 months before a constitutional referendum and new elections on that basis, but the National Transitional Council (NTC) announced on 5 July that the Assembly would instead be directly elected at a later date.[4]
Despite threats of a boycott, a majority of Libyans (61.58%)[6] cast a ballot. However, the election was marred by violence, protests and a number of deaths.[7][8]
^"Q&A: Libya's General National Congress election", BBC News, 7 July 2012, archived from the original on 5 July 2012, retrieved 20 June 2018
^Libya elections postponed to July 7 Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Gulf News, 11 June 2012
^"Libya: Transitional authorities to hold election 19 June", AfriqueJet, 28 April 2012, archived from the original on 7 May 2012, retrieved 1 May 2012
^ abcGumuchian, Marie-Louise, and Hadeel Al Shalchi. "Libyans celebrate free vote despite violence". Reuters. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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^"National Congress party results -". www.libyaherald.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^"Boycott calls and unrest raise fear of violence on eve of Libya's first election". 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
^"Libyan militia storm election office in Benghazi as violence spreads". The Guardian. Associated Press. 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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