Parliamentary election in Gabon 2011
The parliamentary elections in Gabon 2011 were held on December 17, 2011 and resulted in a majority of over 90% of the parliamentary seats for the ruling party Parti Démocratique Gabonais of President Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba . However, since the country's main opposition parties boycotted the elections, this result is not very informative as to the actual approval for the government in the country.
There was a choice of 120 seats in the National Assembly , the Parliament of Gabon. 475 candidates ran for these seats, of which 90 belonged to the ruling party and more than 150 smaller parties that supported the ruling party.
The reason for the opposition's call for a boycott was Ali Bongo's refusal to wait for a biometric system to be installed to record voters. Without such a system, the opposition parties saw no guarantee of fraud-proof elections. Had called for a boycott a. also Jean Eyeghe Ndong , former Prime Minister of Gabon and former member of the ruling party, as well as an alliance of 12 opposition parties who had launched their campaign under the name “Ça suffit comme ça” (“That's enough”).
Results
- PDG : 115
- RpG : 3
- CLR : 1
- PSD : 1
- UpnR : 1
| Political party | be right | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parti Démocratique Gabonais (PDG) | 180 367 | 74.2% | 115 | +33 |
| Rassemblement pour le Gabon (RpG) | 10 343 | 4.3% | 3 | +3 |
| Cercle des Libéraux Réformateurs (CLR) | 12 240 | 5.0% | 1 | -1 |
| Parti Social-Démocrate (PSD) | 4 453 | 1.8% | 1 | -1 |
| Union for the New République (UpnR) | 2,912 | 1.2% | 1 | +1 |
| Others | 32 925 | 13.5% | - | - |
| Total (voter turnout 34.8%) | 243 240 | 100.0% | 121 | +1 |
| Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive | ||||
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- ↑ http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7BG01W20111217 accessed on January 22, 2012
- ↑ http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/west/Gabon-Presidents-Party-Wins-Election-Largely-Boycotted-by-Opposition-136072288.html accessed on January 22, 2012
- ↑ http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7BG01W20111217 accessed on January 22, 2012
- ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201111200004.html accessed on January 22, 2012
- ↑ http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/gabon/gabon2011.txt