Elections in Eswatini

The Assembly has 66 members, of which 55 are elected from single-member constituencies corresponding to the tinkhundlas (tribal communities). 14 tinkhundlas are located in Hhohho District, 11 in Lubombo District, 16 in Manzini District, and 14 in Shiselweni District. Candidates are first nominated at the tinkhundla level. The top three finishers then proceed to a general election, where the candidate who receives the most votes is elected. The 66th member is the Speaker of the House, who is elected from outside the House. Of these, at least five of the ten and at least eight of the 20 must be women. and in 2013, there were only ten. ==Qualifications and disqualifications==

Each Member of Parliament must be at least 18 years old, a citizen, a registered voter, and have "paid all taxes or made arrangements satisfactory to the Commissioner of Taxes". Disqualifications are: being insolvent under any law without having been "rehabilitated", being of unsound mind, sentenced to death or more than six months in prison for a crime in Eswatini, a member of the country's armed forces or holding or acting in a public office without being granted a leave of absence to serve in the Senate, unqualified to be a voter, otherwise disqualified by law, found incompetent to hold public office, connected to a firm with a government contract and having not made the proper disclosures regarding the contract, or holding or acting in any office connected with the conduct of any election or the compilation or revision of any electoral register. ==Oversight==

The Elections and Boundaries Commission is an independent authority consisting of a chairperson, a deputy chairperson and three others whose duties include overseeing voter registration, ensuring fair and free elections and reviewing and determining tinkhundla boundaries. Members are appointed for a single term not exceeding 12 years. ==Past elections==

Eswatini held general elections in 2018. In September 2013, Ngomuyayona Gamedze was chosen as Deputy President, also for the third consecutive time. The current Speaker of the House of Assembly is Prince Guduza Dlamini. Past elections have lacked transparency. The full results of both the 2018 and 2013 elections were never published. ==See also==