General Information
At stake in this election:
- The office of President of Togo
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Faure GNASSINGBE
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Gilbert HOUNGBO
- Assembly: Togo has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) with 81 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 5-year term.
- In the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) 81 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***
*** There are 35 multi-member constituencies. There is no threshold.
Main Candidates in the Presidential race:
- Faure GNASSINGBE
- Party: Rally of the Togolese People / Rassemblement du Peuple Togolais (RPT)
- Bassabi KAGBARA
- Party: Pan-African Democratic Party (PDP)
- Brigitte Kafui ADJAMAGBO
- Party: Democratic Convention of African Peoples / Convention démocratique des peuples africains (CDPA)
- Jean-Pierre FABRE
- Party: Union des Forces du Changement (UFC)
- Yawovi AGBOYIBO
- Party: Comité d'Action pour le Renouveau (CAR)
- Messan Agbéyomé KODJO
- Party: Organisation pour Bâtir dans l'Union un Togo Solidaire (OBUTS)
- Jean Nicolas Messan LAWSON
- Party: Parti du Renouveau et de la Rédemption (PRR)
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 6,390,851 (2010)
- Registered Voters: 3,277,492 (March 2010)
Gender Data:
· Female Population: 3,242,855 (2010)
· Is Togo a signatory to CEDAW: No
· Has Togo ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (26 September 1983)
· Gender Quota: Yes
· Female candidates in this election: Yes
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 7 (following the 2007 elections)
· Human Development Index Position: 162 (2014)
· Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium (2014)
Disability Data:
· Is Togo a signatory to CRPD: Yes (23 September 2008)
· Has Togo ratified CRPD: Yes (1 March 2011)
· Population with a disability: 958,627 (est.)