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The elections of the African Union Commission will be conducted as follows:
The ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ elects and appoints the ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ during their Session on the 12-13 February 2025.
The ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ elects and appoints the ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง and ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง during their Session on the 15-16 February 2025.
In the election for the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, and Commissioners, voting continues until one (1) of the candidates obtains the ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ-๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
The voting process begins with all the candidates on the ballot. Voting is conducted ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ and if the third ballot remains inconclusive without any candidate garnering the two-thirds majority, the next ballot shall be restricted to the two (2) candidates who obtained the highest number of votes and the candidate with ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐ง.
Where there are only two (2) candidates initially and neither candidate obtains the majority required after the third ballot, the ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐ง and the remaining candidate proceeds to the next round.
If the remaining candidate fails to obtain the two-thirds majority required in that round, the Chairperson is required to ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ the election.
Where there is only one (1) candidate initially and he or she fails to obtain the two-thirds majority required after the third ballot, the current Chairperson is required to ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ the election.
Read more about the ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ on – au.int/en/auc-leadersโฆ
culled from AU
