Rwanda

Population Statistics

12,661,733

Total Population

1,899,260

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

15
jul

Rwandan Chamber of Deputies 2024

2024

15 December 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Electoral Law (2003)

Updated: June 2015

Article 64 states:

A voter who suffers from disability which prevents him or her from voting in secret is permitted to choose a person who has not yet attained the voting age to assist him or her in voting.

 

Excerpt from the Electoral Law (2003)