2016 Equatorial Guinean presidential election

none Equatorial Guinea presidential 2009 Equatorial Guinean presidential election 2009 2022 Equatorial Guinean general election 2022 24 April 2016 325,548 92.70% Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo at the White House in 2014.jpg Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea 271,177 93.53% 3x4.svg Avelino Mocache UCD 4,556 1.57% 964B00 Equatorial Guinean presidential election map 2016.svg Results by district (districts won by Obiang in green) President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea Presidential elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 24 April 2016.http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticia.php?id=7706 La pareja presidencial ejerce su derecho al voto – Página Oficial del Gobierno de la República de Guinea Ecuatorial Government of Equatorial Guinea 2016-04-24 Spanish 2016-10-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20161018074342/http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticia.php?id=7706 dead In a vote initially scheduled for November but brought forward by seven months, incumbent President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo retained his office, allegedly with 93.7 percent of the vote and a 92.7% turnout. Electoral system The president is elected using the first-past-the-post system.http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/equatorial-guineas-iron-fisted-leader-set-for-re-election-20160424 Equatorial Guinea's iron fisted leader set for re election News24 2016-04-24 After the 2011 constitutional referendum, presidents were limited to two terms of seven years and the age limit for candidates was removed. In addition, the post of Vice President was established, allowing the vice president to automatically assume power if the president died in office.https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2013/equatorial-guinea Equatorial Guinea Country report Freedom in the World 2013 Freedom House 2016-04-24 2019-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20190402071138/https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2013/equatorial-guinea dead Candidates The leading candidate was incumbent president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, running for his first term after the 2011 constitutional referendum and sixth overall. He ran as the candidate of the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea, a coalition of ten parties, and was expected to win. At the time of the election, Obiang was the longest serving African president, having been in power since 1979.http://www.africanews.com/2016/04/21/equatorial-guinea-heads-to-the-polls-on-sunday/ Equatorial Guinea heads to the polls on Sunday Africanews 2016-04-24 He was widely expected to win the vote. The opposition were all mainly new faces with little political recognition and none of their parties were represented in Parliament. There were also three independent candidates, which critics claimed were dummy candidates to provide legitimacy for the elections.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/equatorial-guinea-election-160424044551251.html Equatorial Guinea election: Incumbent expected to win Al Jazeera 2016-04-24 The Democratic Opposition Front, which is a coalition of dissident parties, boycotted the election, citing that the election would be "anti-constitutional" and that Obiang would win "with a big score as a result of fraud". Opposition candidate, Gabriel Nse Obiang Obono, was prevented from running for not meeting residency requirements.Elections likely to endorse authoritarian regime in Equatorial Guinea http://www.dw.com/en/elections-likely-to-endorse-authoritarian-regime-in-equatorial-guinea/a-19207726 Deutsche Welle 2016-04-29 Conduct Three days after the election date was announced, Human Rights Watch said that the Center for the Study and Initiatives for Development had been ordered to shut down. According to EG Justice, a member of opposition party Centre-Right Union was detained and beaten by authorities during the campaign. Reporters from Africa24 were also detained for five hours on entry into the country before being released.Equatorial Guinea's Dictator To Win Election In Landslide Following Crackdown On Media And Civil Society http://saharareporters.com/2016/04/26/equatorial-guinea%E2%80%99s-dictator-win-election-landslide-following-crackdown-media-and-civil New York City, United States 2016-04-29 Sahara Reporters The African Union sent an observer mission, led by former Beninese President Thomas Boni Yayi, on 13 April to oversee the conduct of the election.Benin's ex-president Boni Yayi to head AU mission in Equatorial Guinea http://www.africanews.com/2016/04/13/benin-s-ex-president-boni-yayi-to-head-au-mission-in-equatorial-guinea/ Africanews 2016-04-29 Results The government announced on 28 April 2016 that Obiang had won the election by an overwhelming margin, as expected. Provisional results showed him with 93.7% of the vote on a turnout of 92.9%."Equatorial Guinea's President Obiang wins re-election". Reuters. Retrieved 2016-04-28. He was sworn in for another term at a ceremony in Malabo on 20 May 2016."Obiang sworn in as Equatorial Guinea's president", Xinhua, 21 May 2016. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea 271177 Avelino Mocache Centre-Right Union 4556 brown Buenaventura Monsuy Asumu Party of the Social Democratic Coalition 4417 Benedicto Obian Mangue Independent 2802 Carmelo Mba Bakalé Popular Action of Equatorial Guinea 2415 Agustín Masoko Abegue Independent 2412 Tomás Mba Monabang Independent 2154 11864 325548 Government of Equatorial Guinea References Equatorial Guinea Category:2016 in Equatorial Guinea Category:Presidential elections in Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea