1993 Togolese presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Togo on 25 August 1993. They were the first presidential elections in the country to feature more than one candidate. However, the major opposition parties boycotted the election, and only two minor candidates ran against incumbent President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, who ultimately won over 95% of the vote.[1] Voter turnout was reported to be just 36%.[2]

1993 Togolese presidential election
25 August 1993 (1993-08-25)
 
Nominee Gnassingbé Eyadéma Jacques Amouzou
Party RPT Independent
Popular vote 691,485 13,168
Percentage 96.42% 1.9%
President before election

Gnassingbé Eyadéma
RPT

 Elected President

Gnassingbé Eyadéma
RPT

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Results

The official results were inconsistent,[3] with the total number of votes for candidates being ten votes lower than the number of valid votes, and the total of valid and invalid votes (762,593) being higher than the figure for total votes cast (751,495).[2]

Candidate Party Votes %
Gnassingbé EyadémaRally of the Togolese People691,48596.42
Jacques AmouzouIndependent13,6321.90
Adani IféTogolese Alliance for Democracy12,0111.67
Total717,138100
Valid votes717,138
Invalid/blank votes45,455
Total751,495100
Registered voters/turnout2,080,61736.12
Source: Nohlen et al.

References
  1. Elections in Togo African Elections Database
  2. Journal Officiel 10 September 1993
  3. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p905 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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