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Gubernatorial elections will take place in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2024 to elect the governors and vice-governors of Kinshasa and the 23 provinces not under state of siege (North Kivu and Ituri provinces are currently under military/police administration). A candidate governor and vice-governor are elected together on one ticket by indirect ballot by the members of the provincial assembly using a two-round system were the second round is used to select between the top two tickets of the first round if no ticket gets an absolute majority.^[1]

The elections will take place in four parts. The elections of the governors of Kinshasa and 19 provinces will be held April 29 at the same time as the senate elections. This is followed by the election of the governor of Equateur on May 24 and, on May 26, of the one of Mai-Ndombe. The election of the last two governors will be scheduled after the July elections to complete the provincial assemblies of Kwilu and Nord-Ubangi.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

These elections follow the re-election of President Félix Tshisekedi at the 2023 presidential election as well as the legislative and provincial elections held concurrently, with the results of the latter leading to the complete renewal of 22 of the 26 provincial assemblies whose members are responsible for electing governors.

Results

Total governor seats per party
Party		Seats
Party		Total	April 29	Runoff	May 24	May 29	TBD
	Independent	15	13		1	1	-
	AB	2	2				-
	UDPS/Tshisekedi	2	2				-
	AFDC-A	1		1			-
	ANB	1	1				-
	ARDEV-A	1	1				-
Total		22/24	19	1	1	1	0/2

Summary of individual elections
Province	Number of		Governor-elect	Votes	Party
Province	Can	Dep	Governor-elect	Votes	Party
Bas-Uélé	7	18	Mike Mukeni	17 / 18	Independent
Équateur	18	21	Bobo Boloko [fr]	14 / 21	Independent
Haut-Katanga	16	48	Jacques Kyabula [fr]	35 / 47	ARDEV-A
Haut-Lomami	4	26	Marmont Banza [fr]	17 / 26	AB
Haut-Uélé	4	20	Jean Bakomito [fr]	11 / 20	Independent
Kasaï	2	33	Crispin Mukendi	29 / 32	UDPS/Tshisekedi
Kasaï-Central	9	34	Joseph Moïse K'ambulu	19 / 34	Independent
Kasaï-Oriental	13	24	Jean Paul Mbuebua	16 / 24	UDPS/Tshisekedi
Kinshasa	31	48	Daniel Bumba [fr]	37 / 47	Independent
Kongo Central	14	40	Grâce Nkuanga	23 / 40	Independent
Kwango	4	24	Willy Bitwisila	13 / 24	Independent
Lomami	5	27	Iron Van Kalombo	14 / 26	Independent
Lualaba	6	24	Fifi Masuka [fr]	21 / 24	Independent
Mai-Ndombe	5	18	Lebon Nkoso	9 / 18 10 / 18	Independent
Maniema	7	22	Moïse Mussa	21 / 21	Independent
Mongala	5	20	Jean Colins Makaka	12 / 20	Independent
Sankuru	6	25	Victor Kitenge	15 / 24	AB
South Kivu	23	48	Jean Jacques Purusi	20 / 48 27 / 48	AFDC-A
Sud-Ubangi	6	28	Michée Mobonga	20 / 26	Independent
Tanganyika	5	25	Christian Kitungwa	16 / 24	Independent
Tshopo	20	29	Paulin Lendongolia	16 / 29	Independent
Tshuapa	5	18	Armand Yambe	18 / 18	ANB
Main Source: CENI^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

References

^ CENI (2 February 2024). "Communique de presse N° 011/CENI/2024" (PDF). ceni.cd (Press release) (in French). p.3 part B. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
^ "Kinshasa : la CENI reporte les élections sénatoriales au 29 avril". Radio Okapi (in French). 15 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ CENI (4 April 2024). "Communique de presse N° 020/CENI/2024" (PDF). ceni.cd (Press release) (in French). Calendar no. 87,32. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
^ CENI (25 April 2024). "Communique de presse N° 026/CENI/2024" (PDF). ceni.cd (Press release) (in French). Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ CENI (6 May 2024). "Communique de presse N° 033/CENI/2024" (Press release) (in French). Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via Facebook.
^ CENI (30 April 2024). Publication des résultats provisoires des élections des sénateurs, gouverneurs et vice-gouverneurs [Publication of the provisional results of the elections for senators, governors and vice-governors] (video) (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via YouTube.
^ Lists of candidates for governor available at the CENI website. See for example the list of governor candidates of Haut-Katanga province.
^ CENI (2 May 2024). "Communique de presse N° 030/CENI/2024" (PDF). ceni.cd (Press release) (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
^ CENI (24 May 2024). "Communique de presse N° 037/CENI/2024" (Press release) (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2024 – via Facebook.
^ CENI (26 May 2024). "Communique de presse N° 040/CENI/2024" (Press release) (in French). Retrieved 26 May 2024 – via Facebook.
^ CENI (29 May 2024). "Communique de presse N° 041/CENI/2024" (Press release) (in French). Retrieved 29 May 2024 – via Facebook.