2011 Gabonese parliamentary 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]

2011 Gabonese parliamentary election
Gabon
27 December 2011
All 120 seats in the National Assembly
PartyLeader Seats +/–
PDG Ali Bongo Ondimba 113 +31
RNB-RPG Paul Mba Abessole 3 -5
CLR 1 -1
PGCI 1
PSD Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou 1 -1
UPNR Louis-Gaston Mayila 1 New
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Turnout was 34%, with many opposition supporters choosing to boycott.[3]

Results

Alongside the PDG, the Rally for Gabon, Circle of Liberal Reformers, Independent Centre Party, Democratic and Republican Alliance, Morena–Original, Rally for Democracy and Progress were all part of the Republican Majority for Emergence coalition.

PartySeats+/–
Gabonese Democratic Party113+31
Rally for Gabon3–5
Circle of Liberal Reformers1–1
Independent Centre Party1–
Social Democratic Party1–1
Union for the New Republic1New
7MP0–
African Forum for Reconstruction0–1
Alliance for New Gabon0–
Christian Democratic Bloc0–
Democratic and Republican Alliance0–3
Energy of Independent People0–
Gabonese National Party0–
Gabonese Progress Party0–2
Gabonese Socialist Union0–
MORENA–Boutamba0–
MORENA–Mendou0–
MORENA–Original0–
National Ecological Party0–
National Union of Blacksmiths0–
Party for Development and Solidarity0–
Rally for Democracy and Progress0–
Union of the Gabonese People0–8
United Socialist Party0–
Total1200
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


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