Gabonese presidential election, 1986

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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 as the sole legal party. GDP 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
Invalid/blank votes		300	–
Total		904,039	100
Registered voters/turnout		904,467	99.9
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Elections in Gabon African Elections Database
↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p403 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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