The assembly has directly elected 300 seats, including 45 reserved for women.
The assembly must now elect a vice president, a politically crucial choice.
The Assembly then in turn elects a president and prime minister.
In 1795, the General Assembly elected him governor at the age of 70.
The assembly, however, elected three persons to stand in the line of succession to the presidency.
The Assembly elected him as Speaker, a role he held from 2005 until 2006.
Then it will be disbanded and another assembly elected under new electoral rules.
In 1807, the General Assembly elected him governor once again, but this time he served only a single term of one year.
The local assemblies on each of the three islands indirectly elect the remaining 15 members.
Mass assemblies elected the magistrates, made the laws and took major state decisions.
