1998 Togolese presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Togo on 21 June 1998. Incumbent President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, in power since 1967, was re-elected with 52% of the vote according to official results. The opposition disputed this and claimed that Gilchrist Olympio of the Union of the Forces of Change (UFC) had won.

1998 Togolese presidential election
21 June 1998 (1998-06-21)
 
Nominee Gnassingbé Eyadéma Gilchrist Olympio
Party RPT UFC
Popular vote 811,837 532,771
Percentage 52.08% 34.18%
President before election

Gnassingbé Eyadéma
RPT

 Elected President

Gnassingbé Eyadéma
RPT

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Campaign

Léopold Gnininvi of the Democratic Convention of African Peoples (CPDA) was the first declared candidate in the election, followed by Eyadéma, the candidate of the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT), and Yawovi Agboyibo of the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR).[1]

Results

The Constitutional Court declared the final results on 10 July 1998. Eyadéma was sworn in on 24 July at a ceremony in the National Assembly, which was boycotted by the opposition.[1]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Gnassingbé EyadémaRally of the Togolese People811,83752.08
Gilchrist OlympioUnion of Forces for Change532,77134.18
Yawovi AgboyiboAction Committee for Renewal149,0069.56
Zarifou AyévaParty for Democracy and Renewal47,0783.02
Léopold GnininviDemocratic Convention of African Peoples12,7150.82
Jacques AmouzouUnion of Independent Liberals5,4610.35
Total1,558,868100.00
Valid votes1,558,86898.23
Invalid/blank votes28,1591.77
Total votes1,587,027100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,273,19069.81
Source: African Elections Database

References
  1. Démocratisation à la Togolaise, Diastode, 1998 (in French)


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