[3] Deputies are elected in 5 multi-member constituencies using a party-list proportional representation system in accordance with the D'Hondt method.

In addition, three co-opted members represent the Twa ethnic group.

The small, predominantly Tutsi Movement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens-Rurenzangemero (MRC-Rurenzangemero), won the remaining 2 seats.

An additional 18 members were co-opted to meet the required ethnic and gender quotas.

Immaculée Nahayo, an ethnic Hutu member of the CNDD-FDD, was elected president of the National Assembly on 16 August 2005.