Gabon

Gabon

Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

held a presidential election on 5 December 1993. Incumbent President Omar Bongo

Omar Bongo

El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba , born as Albert-Bernard Bongo, was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon for 42 years from 1967 until his death in office in 2009....

, in power since 1967, sought a five-year term against 12 other candidates. It was Gabon's first multiparty election, and 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

Gabonese Democratic Party

The Gabonese Democratic Party , is the ruling and dominant political party of Gabon. Its motto is Dialogue, Tolerance, Peace.It has held power since independence, first under Léon M'ba , then under Omar Bongo...

 won by a landslide.

Based on exit poll

Exit poll

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ing at the time of the election, the news organization Reuters

Reuters

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 placed Bongo's share of the vote at about 37%. Voter turnout was 88.1%.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Omar Bongo Ondimba	Gabonese Democratic Party Gabonese Democratic Party The Gabonese Democratic Party , is the ruling and dominant political party of Gabon. Its motto is Dialogue, Tolerance, Peace.It has held power since independence, first under Léon M'ba , then under Omar Bongo...	213,793	51.2
Paul Mba Abessole	National Woodcutters Rally	70,747	26.5
Pierre Louis Agondjo Okawe	Gabonese Progress Party Gabonese Progress Party The Gabonese Progress Party is a political party in Gabon.The PGP was established as a left-leaning party in March 1990, at the beginning of the wave of democratization that swept Africa in the early 1990s. Initially its key leaders were Pierre-Louis Agondjo Okawé, who was President, Marc Saturnin...	19,961	4.8
Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou is a Gabonese politician.Born to a Punu family in Mouila, Maganga Moussavou studied economic history at the National University of Gabon, then at the University of Rennes...	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Gabon) The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Gabon. It is part of the Presidential Majority coalition and is led by Pierre-Claver Maganga Moussavou....	15,220	3.6
Jules Bourdes Ogouliguende	Independent	14,113	3.4
Alexandre Sambat Alexandre Sambat Alexandre Sambat was a Gabonese politician and diplomat. He was Gabon's Ambassador to the United States from 1991 to 1993 and then joined the opposition in Gabon, standing unsuccessfully as a candidate in the December 1993 presidential election...	Independent	10,819	2.6
Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge is a Gabonese politician who was Vice-President of Gabon from 1997 to 2009. He is the President of the Democratic and Republican Alliance , a political party...		9,203	2.2
Léon Mbou Yembi Léon Mbou Yembi Léon Mbou Yembi is a Gabonese politician. He is the President of the African Forum for Reconstruction , a small, radical opposition party, and a Deputy in the National Assembly of Gabon.-Early life and education:...	African Forum for Reconstruction African Forum for Reconstruction The African Forum for Reconstruction is a political party in Gabon. It is a radical opposition party led by Léon Mbou Yembi. In the 17 December/24 December 2006 parliamentary election, the party won one out of 120 seats in the National Assembly; this seat was won by Mbou Yembi....	7,625	1.8
Jean-Pierre Lemboumba-Lepandou	Independent Centre Gabonese Party	5,768	1.4
Marc Saturnin Nan Nguéma Marc Saturnin Nan Nguema Marc Saturnin Nan Nguéma is a Gabonese economist and politician. He was the Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries from 1981 to 1983 and has been an opposition politician in Gabon since 1990....	Independent	3,579	0.9
Simon Oyono Aba		3,446	0.9
Adrien Ngueme-Ondo	MORENA-Unioniste	1,842	0.4
Léon Mebiame Léon Mébiame Léon Mébiame was the Prime Minister of Gabon from 1975 to 1990.A member of the Fang ethnic group, Mébiame was born in Libreville. Under French colonial rule, he became an inspector of federal police in 1956 and was posted in Chad from January 6, 1957 to March 1959...		1,583	0.4
Invalid/blank votes		8,875
Total		426,594	100
Source: Nohlen et al