1998 Togolese presidential election

none May 2023 Togo presidential 1993 Togolese presidential election 1993 2003 Togolese presidential election 2003 yes 1998 06 21 2,273,190 69.81% ( 33.69pp) President Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Republic of Togo, West Africa.jpg Gnassingbé Eyadéma Rally of the Togolese People 811,837 52.08% File:Gilchrist Olympio (cropped).jpg Gilchrist Olympio Union of Forces for Change 532,771 34.18% President Map of the 1998 Togolese presidential election.svg Results by region Gnassingbé Eyadéma Gnassingbé Eyadéma Rally of the Togolese People Rally of the Togolese People Yawovi Agboyibo ACR 149,006 9.56% 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. 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).Démocratisation à la Togolaise, Diastode, 1998 fr 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. Gnassingbé Eyadéma Rally of the Togolese People 811837 Gilchrist Olympio Union of Forces for Change 532771 Yawovi Agboyibo Action Committee for Renewal 149006 Zarifou Ayéva Party for Democracy and Renewal 47078 Léopold Gnininvi Democratic Convention of African Peoples 12715 Jacques Amouzou Union of Independent Liberals 5461 28159 2273190 African Elections Database References Category:Presidential elections in Togo Togo Presidential Togo