2011 Gabonese legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Gabon on 17 December 2011.[1] Amidst an opposition boycott, the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) won a landslide victory; official results were announced on 21 December 2011, showing that the PDG won 113 out of 120 seats, the most it had won since the beginning of multiparty politics in the early 1990s. A few other parties won the handful of seats remaining: the Rally for Gabon (RPG) won three seats, while the Circle of Liberal Reformers (CLR), the Independent Centre Party (PGCI), Social Democratic Party (PSD), and the Union for the New Republic (UPRN) won a single seat each.[2]

Gabonese legislative election, 2011
27 December 2011
All 120 seats to the National Assembly
61 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party PDG RNB-RPG CLR
Seats before 82 8 2
Seats won 113 3 1
Seat change 31 5 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party PSD UNPR
Seats before 2 -
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1 1
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Turnout was 34%, with many opposition supporters choosing to boycott.[3]

Results
Parties Votes % Seats +/-
Republican Majority for EmergenceGabonese Democratic Party113+31
Rally for Gabon3–5
Circle of Liberal Reformers1–1
Independent Centre Party1+1
Democratic and Republican Alliance0–3
Morena–Original0–
Rally for Democracy and Progress0–
United Socialist Party0–
Social Democratic Party1–1
Union for the New Republic1New
7MP0–
African Forum for Reconstruction0–1
Alliance for New Gabon0New
Christian Democratic Bloc0–
Energy of Independent People0–
Gabonese National Party0–
Gabonese Progress Party0–2
Gabonese Socialist Union00
Morena–Boutamba0–
Morena–Mendou0–
National Ecological Party0–
National Union of Blacksmiths0–
Party for Development and Solidarity0–
Union of the Gabonese People0–8
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total1200
Registered voters/turnout––
Source: Elections Gabon (parties) IPU (seats)
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References
  1. Gabonese Republic Legislative Election of 17 December 2011 Adam Carr
  2. Last elections IPU
  3. Gabon's coalition wins landslide victory BBC News, 27 December 2011


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