1993 Gabonese presidential election

none Gabon presidential 5 December 1993 1986 Gabonese presidential election 1986 1998 Gabonese presidential election 1998 88.08% Omar Bongo, the President of Gabon in Brussels on February 20, 1993 (1, cropped).jpg Omar Bongo Gabonese Democratic Party 213,793 51.18% Paul_Mba_Abessole_2015_(cropped).jpeg Paul Mba Abessole RNB 110,747 26.51% President Omar Bongo Gabonese Democratic Party Omar Bongo Gabonese Democratic Party Presidential elections were held in Gabon on 5 December 1993, the first time more than one candidate had contested a presidential election in the country. Incumbent President Omar Bongo, in power since 1967, sought a five-year term against twelve other candidates. According to official results Bongo won in the first round with 51.2% of the vote. However, the main opposition leader, Paul Mba Abessole, alleged fraud, claimed victory, and threatened to form a rival government. Riots in 1994 practically brought the country to a standstill until Bongo agreed to attend a peace conference with opposition groups in September 1994, in which a coalition government was formed until the 1996 parliamentary election, which Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party won by a landslide.History of Gabon Campaign Bongo was supported by the "New Alliance", a coalition that included the Association for Socialism in Gabon, the Circle of Liberal Reformers, the Gabonese Socialist Union and the People's Unity Party.Elections in Gabon https://web.archive.org/web/20180913155913/http://africanelections.tripod.com/ga.html 2018-09-13 African Elections Database Results Based on exit polling at the time of the election, the news organization Reuters placed Bongo's share of the vote at about 37%.David E. Gardinier & Douglas A. Yates, Historical Dictionary of Gabon (2006), Third Edition, page 277. Voter turnout was 88.1%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p404 0-19-829645-2 Omar Bongo Gabonese Democratic Party 213793 Paul Mba Abessole National Woodcutters Rally 110747 Pierre Louis Agondjo Okawe Gabonese Progress Party 19961 Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou Social Democratic Party 15220 Jules-Aristide Bourdes-Ogouliguende Independent 14113 Alexandre Sambat Independent 10819 Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge Democratic and Republican Alliance 9203 Léon Mbou Yembi African Forum for Reconstruction 7625 Jean-Pierre Lemboumba-Lepandou Independent Centre Party 5768 Marc Saturnin Nan Nguéma Independent 3579 Simon Oyono Aba MORENA–Original 3466 Adrien Nguemah-Ondo MORENA–Unionist 1842 Léon Mébiame 1583 8875 484319 African Elections Database References Category:Presidential elections in Gabon Gabon election Gabon