1996 Equatorial Guinean presidential election

none Equatorial Guinea presidential 25 February 1996 230,238 79.81% 1989 Equatorial Guinean presidential election 1989 2002 Equatorial Guinean presidential election 2002 Visit of Teodoro Obiang to the EC (cropped).jpg Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea 179,592 97.85% 3x4.svg Secundino Oyono Edú-Aguong Ada Social Democratic and Popular Convergence es Convergencia Social Democrática y Popular CSDP 1,349 0.73% President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo PDGE Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo PDGE Presidential elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 25 February 1996. Although the country was no longer a one-party state, the elections were boycotted by the opposition, although their names remained on the ballot papers.Elections in Equatorial Guinea African Elections Database1996 Election Watch https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/697485 Journal of Democracy 7 2 1086-3214 As a result, the incumbent Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo won with 98% of the vote. Turnout was 80%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p362 0-19-829645-2 Election monitors found numerous cases of irregularities in the conduct of the election.1996 Election Watch https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/697485 Journal of Democracy 7 2 1086-3214 There was widespread fraud in the elections.Wood Geoffrey 2004 Business and Politics in a Criminal State: The Case of Equatorial Guinea https://www.jstor.org/stable/3518490 African Affairs 103 413 547–567 0001-9909 The main opposition candidate, Celestino Bacale, withdrew his candidacy amid threats of violence. Results Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea 179592 Secundino Oyono Edú-Aguong Ada Social Democratic and Popular Convergence es Convergencia Social Democrática y Popular 1349 Andres Moses Mbada Popular Union of Equatorial Guinea 1135 Severo Moto Nsá Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea 1017 Buenaventura Monsue Asumu Party of the Social Democratic Coalition 451 218 230238 Nohlen et al. The official results had a total of 183,830 voters.Nohlen et al, p362 References Equatorial Guinea Presidential Category:Presidential elections in Equatorial Guinea