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Democracy Ratings
|
Freedom House 2018 |
Score: 6 out of 7 (where lower scores are more democratic) |
Freedom Status: Not Free |
|---|---|---|
|
EIU Democracy Index 2017 |
Score: 3.61 out of 10 (where higher scores are more democratic) |
World Ranking: =126 |
| Polity IV 2016 |
Score: 3 (from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic) |
Category: Open Anocracy |
Political System
| System of Government | Presidential System, with a prime minister |
|---|---|
| Presidential Electoral System | First past the post |
| Last Presidential Election | 2016 |
| Next Presidential Election | 2023 |
| Presidential Term Limits | No
(removed in 2003) |
| System of appointment to legislature |
Lower Chamber: 111 elected for single-member constituencies, 9 appointed by the head of state. Upper Chamber: 102 indirectly elected in single-member constituencies by local and departmental councillors. |
| Last Legislative Election |
2011 |
| Next Legislative Election |
2018 |
| Number of Seats in Legislature | Lower Chamber: 120
Upper Chamber: 102 |
| Female quota, representation in lower house | No |
Results
| Last presidential election (2016) | ||
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (%) | |
| 1st round | FPTP System | |
| Ali Bongo Ondimba | 49.8 | |
| Jean Ping | 48.2 | |
| Bruno Ben Moubamba | 0.5 | |
| Raymond Ndong Sima | 0.4 | |
| Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou | 0.3 | |
| Paul Mba Abessole | 0.2 | |
| Gérard Ella Nguema | 0.2 | |
| Augustin Moussavou King | 0.2 | |
| Dieudonné Minlama Mintogo | 0.1 | |
| Abel Mbombe Nzoudou | 0.1 | |
| Last legislative election (2011) | |||
| Party | Votes (%) | Seats | |
|
Republican Majority for Emergence |
Gabonese Democratic Party | 113 | |
| Rally for Gabon | 3 | ||
| Circle of Liberal Reformers | 1 | ||
| Independent Centre Party | 1 | ||
| Democratic and Republican Alliance | 0 | ||
| Morena–Original | 0 | ||
| Rally for Democracy and Progress | 0 | ||
| United Socialist Party | 0 | ||
| Social Democratic Party | 1 | ||
| Union for the New Republic | 1 | ||
| 7MP | 0 | ||
| African Forum for Reconstruction | 0 | ||
| Alliance for New Gabon | 0 | ||
| Christian Democratic Bloc | 0 | ||
| Energy of Independent People | 0 | ||
| Gabonese National Party | 0 | ||
| Gabonese Progress Party | 0 | ||
| Gabonese Socialist Union | 0 | ||
| Morena–Boutamba | 0 | ||
| Morena–Mendou | 0 | ||
| National Ecological Party | 0 | ||
| National Union of Blacksmiths | 0 | ||
| Party for Development and Solidarity | 0 | ||
| Union of the Gabonese People | 0 | ||
| Ethiopian Democratic Unity Movement | 0 | ||
| Ethiopian Justice and Democratic Forces Front | 0 | ||
| Ethiopian National Unity Party | 0 | ||
| Ethiopian Peace and Democratic Party | 0 | ||
| Ethiopian Raie Party | 0 | ||
| Ethiopian’s Unity Democratic Organization | 0 | ||
| Geda System Advancement Party | 0 | ||
| Gedeo People Democratic Organization | 0 | ||
| Gumz People’s Democratic Movement | 0 | ||
| Kembata People’s Congress | 0 | ||
| New Generation Party | 0 | ||
| Oromo Liberation Unity Front | 0 | ||
| Oromo People’s Congress | 0 | ||
| Sidama Hadicho People Democratic Organization | 0 | ||
| Sodo Gordona Peoples’ Democratic Organization | 0 | ||
| Tigri Worgi Nationality Democratic Organization | 0 | ||
| Unity for Democracy and Justice | 0 | ||
| Welene People Democratic Party | 0 | ||
| Wolayta People Democratic Front | 0 | ||
| Independents | 0 | ||
| Undeclared | 1 |