Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 21 March 1999. They were boycotted by the eight opposition parties, who been rebuffed in their insistence that talks following the controversial

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the previous year must be completed prior to the parliamentary elections. As a result only three parties ran in the elections, the ruling

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(RPT), together with two small parties allied with it; the

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and the Pan African Environmentalist Party. In addition, twelve independent candidates also ran. The result was an overwhelming victory for the RPT, which won 79 of the 81 seats, the other two going to independents.Togo: Elections held in 1999
Inter-Parliamentary Union

Results

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