1993 Equatorial Guinean parliamentary election

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1993 Equatorial Guinean parliamentary election
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  1988 21 November 1993 1999  

All 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.49%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
PDGE Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 69.7968+8
CSDP Secundino Oyono Aguong Ada10.286New
UDS  [ es ] Carmelo Modu Akuse Bindang 7.365New
PL  [ es ]Santos Pascual Bikomo Nanguande6.361New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Silvestre Siale Bileka
PDGE
Silvestre Siale Bileka
PDGE

Parliamentary elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 21 November 1993. They were the first multi-party elections in the country since the pre-independence elections of 1968. Although seven parties were allowed to run in the election, the ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) maintained its grip on power, winning 68 of the 80 seats in the enlarged Chamber of People's Representatives. [1] According to official figures, voter turnout was 67%. [2] The Joint Opposition Platform, an alliance of eight opposition parties, called for a boycott and claimed voter turnout was as low as 20%. [1]

The alliance's leaders were prevented from travelling to the mainland to campaign for the boycott and some were banned from leaving the country. Following the election, the Spanish Foreign Minister Javier Solana claimed the elections were not free and fair, an opinion shared by other observers. [1]

Results

Equatorial Guinean Chamber of Deputies 1993.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea 54,58969.7968+8
Social Democratic and Popular Convergence 8,04210.286New
Social Democratic Union  [ es ]5,7607.365New
Liberal Party  [ es ]4,9746.361New
Liberal Democratic Convention  [ es ]1,9632.510New
Socialist Party of Equatorial Guinea  [ es ]1,1061.410New
Social Democratic Party  [ es ]9091.160New
National Democratic Union of Equatorial Guinea 8801.120New
Total78,223100.0080+20
Valid votes78,22399.35
Invalid/blank votes5120.65
Total votes78,735100.00
Registered voters/turnout116,66667.49
Source: Nohlen et al.

There was a difference of one vote between the party totals and the official number of valid votes (78,224). [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Equatorial Guinea: Elections held in 1993 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p. 360 ISBN   0-19-829645-2
  3. Elections in Equatorial Guinea African Elections Database