1986 Gabonese presidential election

1986 Gabonese presidential election

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Turnout	99.95%
Candidate Omar Bongo Party PDG Popular vote 903,739 Percentage 99.97%
President before election Omar Bongo PDG Elected President Omar Bongo PDG

Presidential elections were held in Gabon on 9 November 1986. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) as the sole legal party. PDG leader and incumbent president Omar Bongo was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed. ^[1] Voter turnout was reported to be 99.9%. ^[2]

These were the last one-party elections in Gabon, as the country returned to multi-party democracy in 1990.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Omar Bongo	Gabonese Democratic Party	903,739	100.00
Total			903,739	100.00
Valid votes			903,739	99.97
Invalid/blank votes			300	0.03
Total votes			904,039	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			904,467	99.95
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1. Elections in Gabon African Elections Database
2. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p403 ISBN   0-19-829645-2