page_title: 2011 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
section_title: Results
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election / Results
caption_attribution_description: 2011-11-10-Kindu-Electoral campaign Ndjili
context_page_description: General elections were held in Democratic Republic of the Congo on 28 November 2011; a facultative run-off on 26 February 2012 was shelved with a change in election laws.
  The government passed laws to abolish the second round of the presidential election and tried to change the legislative electoral system from proportional to majority representation, which was strongly criticized by the opposition.
  International organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union raised concerns about the transparency of the elections.
  On 8 November 2011 opposition leader Étienne Tshisekedi declared himself president saying the majority of people turned against President Kabila.
  On 28 November 2011 elections were held under difficult conditions. Voting was characterized by incidents of violence throughout the country. Because of violence and delays in the delivery of ballot boxes elections were extended by a second day.
caption: Electoral campaign posters in Ndjili, Kinshasa
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