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
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All 120 seats in the National Assembly
Party Leader 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
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Turnout was 34%, with many opposition supporters choosing to boycott.[3]

Results

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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)

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