Eritrea

Population Statistics

6,527,689

Total Population

979,153

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

Eritrea has not yet signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of Eritrea (1997)

Updated: June 2015

Article 7, section 1 states:

It is a fundamental principle of the State of Eritrea to guarantee its citizens broad and active participation in all political, economic, social and cultural life of the country.

 

Article 20 states:

Every citizen who fulfills the requirements of the electoral law shall have the right to vote and to seek elective office.

 

Article 30, section 1 states:

All Eritrean citizens, of eighteen years of age or more, shall have the right to vote.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of Eritrea (1997)

Eritrean Electoral Law (2002)

Updated: June 2015

Article 18 states:

To be eligible to register as a voter a person must be:

  • (a) Eritrean citizen;
  • (b) 18 and above years of age;
  • (c) sane;
  • (d) resident of the constituency, an employee in the constituency area, or assigned in the constituency area to perform his duties;
  • (e) not serving a sentence by a court of law;
  • (f) capable by law to perform his civil and political rights.

 

Excerpt from the Eritrean Electoral Law (2002)