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 nort ...

on 17 December 2006, although voting in seven seats took places on 24 December 2006 due to logistical problems. 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 82 seats, with other parties that supported President

Omar Bongo El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who was the second President of Gabon for 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009. Omar Bongo was promoted to key positions as ...

winning another seventeen seats, among them the National Woodcutters' Rally of

Paul M'ba Abessole Paul Mba Abessole (born October 9, 1939
, ''Afrique Express'', number 244, February 6, 2002 . ...

with seven seats (M'ba Abessole himself lost his seat, being defeated by the prime minister,

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),"Media predicts waning popularity for Gabonese opposition leader"
, AngolaPress, December 20, 2006. the

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 ...

with three seats, the

Circle of Reformist Liberals The Circle of Liberal Reformers (french: Cercle des Libéraux Réformateurs, CLR) is a political party in Gabon. History The CLR was formed in 1993 as a breakaway from the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), and was led by Jean-Boniface As ...

with two seats and the

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with one seat. Opposition parties won seventeen seats; the

Union of the Gabonese People The Union of the Gabonese People (french: Union du Peuple Gabonais, UPG) is an opposition political party in Gabon. It was led by Pierre Mamboundou until his death in 2011. History Mamboundou announced the UPG's establishment in Paris on 14 Jul ...

won eight seats, the

Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development The Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (french: Union gabonaise pour la démocratie et le développement, UGDD) was a political party in Gabon. History The party was formed in 2005 by Zacharie Myboto, a former member of the ruling Ga ...

four, the

Gabonese Progress Party The Gabonese Progress Party (french: Parti gabonais du progrès, PGP) is a political party in Gabon. History The PGP was established as a left-leaning party in March 1990, at the beginning of the wave of democratization that swept Africa in the ...

two seats, the

Congress for Democracy and Justice The Congress for Democracy and Justice (, CDJ) is a political party in Gabon, led by Jules-Aristide Bourdes-Ogouliguende. History The party won a single seat in the 1996 parliamentary elections. It retained its seat in the elections in 2001 an ...

one seat, the

African Forum for Reconstruction The African Forum for Reconstruction (french: Forum Africain pour la Réconstruction, FAR) is a political party in Gabon led by Léon Mbou Yembi. History The party was established in 1992 as a merger of the Gabonese Socialist Party (PSG), the ...

one seat and the

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one seat. Independents won four seats.

Results

The

National Woodcutters' Rally – Rally for Gabon The National Woodcutters Rally–Rally for Gabon (, RNB–RPG) is a political party in Gabon. History The party was established in 1990 as Movement for National Rectification–Woodcutters (''Mouvement de redressement national–Bûcherons'', MO ...

Circle of Liberal Reformers The Circle of Liberal Reformers (french: Cercle des Libéraux Réformateurs, CLR) is a political party in Gabon. History The CLR was formed in 1993 as a breakaway from the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), and was led by Jean-Boniface Ass ...

African Development Movement The African Development Movement (french: Mouvement Africain de Développement, MAD) was a political party in Gabon led by Pierre Claver Zeng Ebome. History The MAD contested the 2001 parliamentary elections, winning one of the 120 seats in the ...

and

Rally of Republican Democrats The Rally of Republican Democrats (french: Rassemblement des Démocrates Républicains, RDR) is a political party in Gabon headed by Léontine Mebale. History The party won a single seat in National Assembly in the 2006 parliamentary elections ...

were all supportive of the PDG.

Aftermath

In 20 constituencies, the results were annulled by the

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because of problems with fraud and logistics, and the election was held again in these constituencies on 10 June 2007. Turnout was reported to be low. The PDG won in 11 of these constituencies, with its allies winning a further six, the opposition winning two and an independent winning one."Gabon's ruling party increases hold on power"
AFP (''IOL''), June 14, 2007.

References

Elections in Gabon

2006 in Gabon Election and referendum articles with incomplete results December 2006 events in Africa {{Africa-election-stub