1993 Gabonese presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Gabon on 5 December 1993, the first time more than one candidate had contested a presidential election in the country. Incumbent President Omar Bongo, in power since 1967, sought a five-year term against twelve other candidates. According to official results Bongo won in the first round with 51.2% of the vote. However, the main opposition leader, Paul Mba Abessole, alleged fraud, claimed victory, and threatened to form a rival government. Riots in 1994 practically brought the country to a standstill until Bongo agreed to attend a peace conference with opposition groups in September 1994, in which a coalition government was formed until the 1996 parliamentary election, which Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party won by a landslide.[1]

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Campaign

Bongo was supported by the "New Alliance", a coalition that included the Association for Socialism in Gabon, the Circle of Liberal Reformers, the Gabonese Socialist Union and the People's Unity Party.[2]

Results

Based on exit polling at the time of the election, the news organization Reuters placed Bongo's share of the vote at about 37%.[3] Voter turnout was 88.1%.[4]

Candidate Party Votes %
Omar BongoGabonese Democratic Party213,79351.2
Paul Mba AbessoleNational Woodcutters Rally70,74726.5
Pierre Louis Agondjo OkaweGabonese Progress Party19,9614.8
Pierre Claver Maganga MoussavouSocial Democratic Party15,2203.6
Jules-Aristide Bourdes-OgouliguendeIndependent14,1133.4
Alexandre SambatIndependent10,8192.6
Didjob Divungi Di NdingeDemocratic and Republican Alliance9,2032.2
Léon Mbou YembiAfrican Forum for Reconstruction7,6251.8
Jean-Pierre Lemboumba-LepandouIndependent Centre Party5,7681.4
Marc Saturnin Nan NguémaIndependent3,5790.9
Simon Oyono AbaMORENA–Original3,4460.9
Adrien Nguemah-OndoMORENA–Unionist1,8420.4
Léon Mébiame1,5830.4
Invalid/blank votes8,875–
Total426,594100
Registered voters/turnout484,31988.1
Source: Nohlen et al.

References
  1. History of Gabon
  2. Elections in Gabon African Elections Database
  3. David E. Gardinier and Douglas A. Yates, Historical Dictionary of Gabon (2006), Third Edition, page 277.
  4. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p404 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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