[1] The governors and vice-governors were chosen through indirect election by the members of the provincial assemblies; the delay was a result of the difficulties in choosing traditional chiefs to fill the places reserved for them in the provincial assemblies.
Elections were held only for the current eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; once the reorganisation into twenty-six provinces has been passed into law in 2009, elections would be held for the fifteen new gubernatorial and vice-gubernatorial posts.
[6] In the province of Bas-Congo, the pro-government independent candidate, Simon Mbatshi, won 15 votes against the opposition MLC candidate, Fuka Unzola, who obtained 14 votes.
Opposition activists held protests alleging vote-buying and chanting "Congo can't be rebuilt on corruption".
Clashes between the police and Bundu dia Kongo, an opposition secessionist religious group, lead to 134 deaths.