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Tshuapa is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that did not exist prior to the 2015 repartitioning

.== Conduct==

Run-off elections
Two elections went to a runoff:
 * South Kivu - the April 26 election saw five candidates split the 48 votes cast with none of them reaching the 25 needed to win. In the second round, held on May 2, the leader of the first round, Jean-Jacques Purusi, received 27 votes to defeat Émile Sumaili.
 * Mai-Ndombe - the May 26 election saw two candidates evenly split the 18 votes cast. In the second round, held on May 29, Lebon Nkoso picked up one more vote to defeat Aimé Pascal Mongo, 10-8.

Kongo Central election result challenges
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April 29 results
On April 29 twenty senate elections combined for the first time with gubernatorial elections, took place without incident. The CENI published the provisional results for the Senate on April 30 and these were confirmed by the Constitutional Court on May 16.

Of the 84 senators elected, only the three from Ensemble are in the opposition, eight were incumbents—of which six women, and three were also elected governor. To become governor, the governors-elect of Haut-Katanga, Kwango, and Lualaba will have to relinguish their senate seats to the benefit of their substitutes.