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The Minister of territorial administration unveiled Friday the provisional results of the first round of the legislative elections in The Congo. The Congolese Labour Party (PCT) of President Denis Sassou Nguesso secured more than half of the 151 seats of the National Assembly.
The ruling party which has 101 seats (out of a total of 151) in the outgoing assembly, has fielded 127 candidates. It is only rivaled by the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy, the country's main opposition bloc, which has fielded 45 candidates for the legislative polls
The governing Congolese Labour Party (PCT) of President Denis Sassou Nguesso has already invested its candidates. It has 92 deputies out of 151 in the outgoing Assembly