Election Results 2006

Total Number of Countries on Council
now ranked FREE:
26
Total Number of Countries on Council
now ranked NOT FREE or PARTLY FREE:
21
NOT FREE states now elected and their terms:
China Three year term
Pakistan Two year term
Saudi Arabia Three year term
Algeria One year term
Cameroon Three year term
Tunisia One year term
Cuba Three year term
Azerbaijan Three year term
Russia Three year term

Detailed Results

Note: the election was staggered. Following the election the terms were chosen by lot. Terms range from 1 to 3 years. A state cannot run for three consecutive terms.


AFRICAN GROUP

13 states

ELECTED

Ghana 183 Two year term
Zambia 182 Two year term
Senegal 181 Three year term
South Africa 179 One year term
Mali 178 Two year term
Mauritius 178 Three year term
Morocco 178 One year term
Gabon 175 Two year term
Djibouti 172 Three year term
Cameroon 171 Three year term
Tunisia 171 One year term
Nigeria 169 Three year term
Algeria 168 One year term

NOT ELECTED

Kenya * 9
Tanzania * 1
Madagascar * 1
Egypt * 1

ASIAN GROUP

13 seats

ELECTED

India 173 One year term
Indonesia 165 One year term
Bangladesh 160 Three year term
Japan 158 Two year term
Malaysia 158 Three year term
Pakistan 149 Two year term
Republic of Korea 148 Two year term
China 146 Three year term
Jordan 137 Three year term
Philippines 136 One year term
Bahrain 134 One year term
Saudi Arabia 126 Three year term
Sri Lanka 123 Two year term

NOT ELECTED

Thailand 120
Lebanon 112
Kyrgyzstan 88
Iran 58
Iraq 52
Qatar * 1
Maldives * 1

EASTERN EUROPE

6 seats

ELECTED - in FIRST ROUND

Russia 137 Three year term
Poland 108 One year term
Czech 105 One year term

ELECTED - in SECOND ROUND

Azerbaijan Three year term
Ukraine Two year term

ELECTED - in THIRD ROUND

Romania Two year term

NOT ELECTED

Lithuania
Slovenia
Hungary
Armenia
Latvia
Georgia
Albania
Serbia and Montenegro

LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN GROUP

8 seats

ELECTED

Brazil 165 Two year term
Argentina 158 One year term
Mexico 154 Three year term
Peru 145 Two year term
Guatemala 142 Two year term
Uruguay 141 Three year term
Cuba 135 Three year term
Ecuador 128 One year term

NOT ELECTED

Nicaragua 119
Venezuela 101
Costa Rica * 6
Honduras * 3
Colombia * 1

WESTERN EUROPEAN AND OTHERS GROUP

7 seats

ELECTED

Germany 154 Three year term
France 150 Two year term
UK 148 Two year term
Switzerland 140 Three year term
Netherlands 137 One year term
Finland 133 One year term
Canada 130 Three year term

NOT ELECTED

Portugal 122
Greece 117
Spain * 1

* candidacy never confirmed