Parliamentary elections were held in

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

on 17 December 2011. Amidst an opposition boycott, the ruling

Gabonese Democratic Party The Gabonese Democratic Party (french: Parti Démocratique Gabonais, abbreviated PDG), is the ruling and dominant political party of Gabon. Between 1968 and 1990 it was the sole legal party. History The party was established as the Gabonese Dem ...

(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 Rally or rallye may refer to: Gatherings * Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade * Pep rally, an event held at a United States school or college sporting event Sports ...

(RPG) won three seats, while the Circle of Liberal Reformers (CLR), the Independent Centre Party (PGCI),

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

(PSD), and the Union for the New Republic (UPRN) won a single seat each. Turnout was 34%, with many opposition supporters choosing to boycott.Gabon's coalition wins landslide victory
BBC News, 27 December 2011

Results

Alongside the PDG, the

, Circle of Liberal Reformers, Independent Centre Party,

Democratic and Republican Alliance The Democratic and Republican Alliance (, ADERE) is a political party in Gabon. History The party won a single seat in the 1996 parliamentary elections. It gained two more seats in the 2001 elections and retained all three seats in the 2006 el ...

, Morena–Original, Rally for Democracy and Progress were all part of the Republican Majority for Emergence coalition.

References

Elections in Gabon

Legislative election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

Election and referendum articles with incomplete results December 2011 events in Africa {{Gabon-stub