Presidential elections were held in

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on 25 August 1993. They were the first presidential elections in the country to feature more than one candidate. However, the major opposition parties boycotted the election, and only two minor candidates ran against incumbent President

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, who ultimately won over 95% of the vote. Voter turnout was reported to be just 36%.

Results

The official results were inconsistent,

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, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p905 with the total number of votes for candidates being ten votes lower than the number of valid votes, and the total of valid and invalid votes (762,593) being higher than the figure for total votes cast (751,495).Journal Officiel
10 September 1993

References

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Presidential Presidential elections in Togo