2023 Sahrawi legislative election

Hamma Salama Polisario Hamma Salama Polisario Legislative elections were held in the Sahrawi Republic on 8–9 April 2023[1] to elect 50 of the 51 members of the Sahrawi National Council, the unicameral parliament of the SADR.

To be elected to the Sahrawi National Council the following requirements (as set in Article 82 of the 2023 Constitution[2]) have to be met: Elections are held on the basis of direct and universal suffrage using the single non-transferable vote election system with a gender quota reserving seats to women.

Members come from constituencies based either on the districts of the refugee camps or the military regions of the SADR; while mass organisations and the Consultative Council get seats reserved.

The President of the National Council is elected from outside of the members from candidates proposed by the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front.

Salama won the vote against Bachir Mustafa Sayed and Jira Bulahi.