GOLD Report I - UCLG

43Table 5 Portrait of local democracy in each countryCountry MUNICIPAL COUNCIL LOCAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTVoting system Term of Rounds of Method of Terms of Mayor Collegiate Rounds of Vote of no DEMOCRACY(Majority/ office voting appointment office Voting confidenceProportional /removalor Mixed) from officeBenin Mixed (majority 5 years 2 rounds Indirect 5 years No Yes Several Yes Noand proportional)Cameroon Mixed (majority 5 years 1 round Indirect 5 years No Yes 2 for the Mayor Yes Noand proportional) and 1 for deputiesEgypt, Arab Rep. of Relative Majority 4 years 1 round Nomination No NoGabon Proportional 5 years 1 round Indirect 5 years No Yes Yes NoGhana Majority 4 years 1 round Indirect 4 years No YesGuinea Majority 5 years 1 round Indirect 5 years Yes NoCôte d’Ivoire Majority 5 years 2 rounds Indirect 5 years No Yes Yes NoKenya 5 years 1 round IndirectMadagascar 4 years Direct 4 yearsMali Majority Indirect No Yes Yes NoMorocco Majority 6 years 1 round Indirect 6 years No Yes Yes NoMozambique Proportional 5 years 2 rounds Direct 5 years Yes 2 rounds No NoNiger Proportional 5 years 1 round Indirect 5 years No Yes Yes NoNigeria Majority 3 years 1 round Direct 4 years No Yes NoSenegal Mixed (Majority/Proportional or mixed) 5 years 1 round Indirect 5 years Yes No Yes NoSouth Africa Proportional 6 years 1 round Indirect 6 years No Yes 1 round NoTanzania 5 years Indirect 5 years No YesTunisia Mixed 5 years 1 round Indirect Yes Yes 1 round No No(predominantly majority)Uganda 4 years 1 round Direct 4 years Yes Yes 1 roundZambia Mixed 5 years 1 round Direct 5 years Yes No 1 round No