At Stake in this Election:  

• 77 seats in the Gabonese National Assembly 

Government Structure:  

• Chief of State: President Brice Clotaire OLIGUI NGUEMA (since 04 Sep 2023) 

• Head of Government: President Brice Clotaire OLIGUI NGUEMA (the draft constitution approved in the 2024 referendum removed the office of Prime Minister) 

• Assembly: bicameral Parliament (Parlement) with 70-seat Senate (Sénat) and 145-seat National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) 

Electoral System: 

• The President is elected by majority vote, in up to two rounds, to a once renewable, seven-year term. 

• All 70 members of the Senate are indirectly elected by local officials through majority vote, in up to two rounds, in single-member constituencies to a five-year term. 

• All 145 members of the National Assembly are elected by majority vote, in up to two rounds, in single-member constituencies to a five-year term.  

Last Election: 

In the first round, the Democratic Union of Builders (UDB) won a plurality with 55 seats. 77 seats did not have an outright winner.   

New/Unique in this Election: 

This will be the first election for the National Assembly since the 2023 coup d'état, which replaced the then sitting National Assembly with a transitional legislature. Since then, Gabon has adopted a new constitution and electoral code. These made sweeping changes to Gabon’s government structure including transitioning to a presidential system, expanding executive powers, and removing the role of Prime Minister.  

Key Deadlines:  

• Voter registration deadline: 8 Feb 2025 

Main Parties in this Election: 

• Democratic Union of Builders / Union Démocrate de Bâtisseurs (UDB) 

• Gabonese Democratic Party / Parti Démocratique Gabonais (PDG) 

• The Democrats / Les Démocrates (LD) 

• Social Democratic Party / Parti Social Démocrate (PSD) 

• Liberal Reform Center / Centre des Libéraux Réformateurs (CLR) 

• Union for Democracy and Social Integration / Union pour la Démocratie et l’Intégration Sociale (UDIS) 

• Bringing Together Heritage and Modernity / Rassemblement Héritage et Modernité (RHM) 

• National Union / Union Nationale (UN) 

• CAC 

• 7MP 

• UPR 

• FPG 

• Note: 42 parties have candidates participating in this election. Parties listed here are those which are a part of the transitional legislature. 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 2,538,952 (2024 est.) 

• Registered Voters: ~920,000 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 1,250,207 (2024 est.) 

• CEDAW Status: Signed 17 July 1980, Ratified 21 January 1983 

• Gender Quota:  Yes, candidates nominated by political parties must be at least 30% women. 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 25 out of 98 members of the Transitional National Assembly and 14 out of 69 members of the Transitional Senate 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.733 (High) (2023) 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 32.2 (2023) 

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 30 Mar 2007, Ratified 1 Oct 2007 

• Projected population with a disability: 406,232 (2024 est.)