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Parliamentary elections were held in Togo on 25 July 2013. [1] The ruling Union for the Republic (UNIR) won 62 of the 91 seats in the National Assembly.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Togo on 25 July 2013. [1] The ruling Union for the Republic (UNIR) won 62 of the 91 seats in the National Assembly.
Some members of the opposition sought a postponement in order to see electoral reforms take effect prior to the elections, while others sought the repeal of the changes as improperly introduced. Amongst the latter was the controversial gerrymandering of constituency borders in favour UNIR, led by President Faure Gnassingbé, and the 10-seat increase in the number of members of the National Assembly from 81 to 91.
Although the government banned street demonstrations in commercial areas, citing an inability to maintain security and public order, protest organizers from opposition and civil society groups pledged to carry out protests and denounced what they termed an attempt to stifle criticism. Protests organized by the Let's Save Togo Collective were planned for 21–23 August. On the first day, several thousand protesters commenced a march in Lomé's Bè neighbourhood and then headed to the commercial district of Deckon, where 100 police officers were deployed. Trouble then arose amid a dispute as to whether the protest march would end in Deckon for a rally or proceed further. The protesters were then dispersed using tear gas 10 minutes after the march commenced. [2]
The elections were originally scheduled for October 2012, but protests and strikes asking for electoral reforms delayed the process. After being rescheduled for 24 March 2013, they were postponed again, first to 21 July 2013, [3] [4] then to 25 July 2013.
The 91 members of the National Assembly were elected by closed list proportional representation in 30 multi-member constituencies. [5]
Initial results showed a landslide victory for UNIR, which was projected to win 60 out of 91 seats, with the remaining seats distributed among opposition parties. The opposition Union of Forces for Change suffered a defeat, losing most of their 27 seats. The National Alliance for Change (Alliance national pour le changement, ANC) was expected to become the largest opposition party. [6]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||||
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| Union for the Republic | 880,608 | 46.7 | 62 | +12 | |||||
| Save Togo Collective | 544,592 | 28.9 | 19 | New | |||||
| Rainbow Alliance | 204,143 | 10.8 | 6 | +2 | |||||
| Union of Forces for Change | 145,359 | 7.7 | 3 | –24 | |||||
| Pan-African Patriotic Convergence | 15,602 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| New Togolese Commitment | 14,225 | 0.8 | 0 | New | |||||
| Other parties | 66,171 | 3.5 | 0 | – | |||||
| Independents | 14,360 | 0.8 | 1 | +1 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 119,430 | – | – | – | |||||
| Total | 2,011,203 | 100 | 91 | +10 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,044,332 | 66.1 | – | – | |||||
| Source: Adam Carr | |||||||||
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