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ACE Project, Madagascar: Constitution (1992, updated), accessed 29 August 2024

Article 66 [Title, Election, Term]: (1) The members of the National Assembly shall have the title of Deputies of Madagascar. (2) They shall be elected by direct universal suffrage for four-year terms. 

Article 67 [Parliamentary Incompatibilities, No Directed Votes]: (1) The office of deputy shall be incompatible with the exercise of any other public employment, except education, and with any other elective public office. (2) A deputy who is appointed member of the Government shall automatically resign the office of deputy. (3) All directed votes shall be null and void. 

Article 68 [Law on Election]: The law shall establish the number of members of the National Assembly, the distribution of seats throughout the national territory, as well as electoral districts and voting procedures. The law shall also establish conditions of eligibility, regulation of ineligibility and dismissal, as well as conditions for the election of persons replacing deputies in case of vacancy, until the next Assembly election.