Battle of Backbone Mountain

Presidential elections were held in Gabon on 9 November 1986. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Gabonese Democratic Party as the sole legal party. GDP leader and incumbent president Omar Bongo was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed.[1] Voter turnout was reported to be 99.9%.[2]

These were the last one-party elections in Gabon, as the country returned to multi-party democracy in 1990.

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Omar BongoGabonese Democratic Party903,739100.00
Total903,739100.00
Valid votes903,73999.97
Invalid/blank votes3000.03
Total votes904,039100.00
Registered voters/turnout904,46799.95
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Elections in Gabon African Elections Database
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p403 ISBN 0-19-829645-2