Gabonese legislative election, 2011

Parliamentary elections were held in Gabon on 17 December 2011.^[1] Amidst an opposition boycott, the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) won an 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]

Turnout was 34%, with many opposition supporters choosing to boycott.^[3]

Results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Republican Majority for Emergence	Gabonese Democratic Party			113	+31
	Rally for Gabon			3	–5
	Circle of Liberal Reformers			1	–1
	Independent Centre Party			1	+1
	Democratic and Republican Alliance			0	–3
	Morena–Original			0	–
	Rally for Democracy and Progress			0	–
	United Socialist Party			0	–
Social Democratic Party				1	–1
Union for the New Republic				1	New
7MP				0	–
African Forum for Reconstruction				0	–1
Alliance for New Gabon				0	New
Christian Democratic Bloc				0	–
Energy of Independent People				0	–
Gabonese National Party				0	–
Gabonese Progress Party				0	–2
Gabonese Socialist Union				0	0
Morena–Boutamba				0	–
Morena–Mendou				0	–
National Ecological Party				0	–
National Union of Blacksmiths				0	–
Party for Development and Solidarity				0	–
Union of the Gabonese People				0	–8
Invalid/blank votes			–	–	–
Total				120	0
Registered voters/turnout				–	–
Source: Elections Gabon (parties) IPU (seats)

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