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Gabon has been under military regime since a coup in August 2023. A successful 2025 presidential election would end military leadership, while the legislative election would be Gabon’s first since the return to civilian governance
Key stats
Key statistics table displaying core political and economic data, including key indicators such as population, GDP, government structure, and democracy metrics in gabon.
Democratic History
History timeline table outlining significant political and economic events, highlighting major milestones such as independence, regime changes, economic reforms, coup, and key developments and democratic governance in gabon.
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This page offers a comprehensive overview of Gabon's government and political history through two key interactive visualizations. The first section provides a detailed table showcasing vital political and economic indicators, such as Gabon's population, GDP, government structure, age and tenure of the current president, military regime status, and democracy metrics.

The second section presents a historical and political chronology of Gabon, highlighting significant milestones such as independence, referendum history, coups, notable wars, and democratic progress. Together, these visualisations provide a rich resource for understanding Gabon's governance, leadership, and democratic evolution, catering to researchers, policymakers, and anyone interested in African political history.

2025 Presidential Candidates
Candidate chart displaying the 2025 gabon presidential candidates, with key data covering their background, political alignment, and government experience.
2024 Presidential Candidates
2024 Presidential Candidates
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Learn more detailed information about Gabon's presidential candidates, including key data on their backgrounds, political alignments, and government experiences. Discover essential information about each candidate's political journey, their affiliation (independent or party-based), gender, and previous government roles, to deepen your understanding of the country's evolving leadership within African governance and democracy.

Presidential Elections
Bar chart displaying the 2025 gabon presidential election results, illustrating how each coalition party performed in terms of percentage of votes received.
Interactive map chart displaying the 2025 gabon presidential election results, illustrating how each party and/or candidate performed by region based on the number of votes received across different areas.
Bar chart displaying the 2023 gabon presidential election results, illustrating how each coalition party performed in terms of percentage of votes received.
Bar chart displaying the 2016 gabon presidential election results, illustrating how each coalition party performed in terms of percentage of votes received.
Interactive map chart displaying the 2016 gabon presidential election results, illustrating how each party and/or candidate performed by region based on the number of votes received across different areas.
Bar chart displaying the 2009 gabon presidential election results, illustrating how each coalition party performed in terms of percentage of votes received.
Interactive voting metrics chart displaying the gabon presidential election results, with percentage of registered voters who voted and percentage invalid votes across election years.
Legislative Control

National Assembly

Interactive parliamentary election chart displaying the 2025 gabon national assembly parliamentary election results, illustrating the distribution of seats by political parties.

Senate

Interactive parliamentary election chart displaying the 2021 gabon parliamentary election results, illustrating the distribution of seats by political parties.

National Assembly

Interactive parliamentary election chart displaying the 2018 gabon national assembly parliamentary election results, illustrating the distribution of seats by political parties.

Senate

Interactive parliamentary election chart displaying the 2014 gabon parliamentary election results, illustrating the distribution of seats by political parties.

National Assembly

Interactive parliamentary election chart displaying the 2011 gabon national assembly parliamentary election results, illustrating the distribution of seats by political parties.
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Explore Gabon's election data through a collection of interactive visualizations and charts that reveal key political and democratic trends. The dynamic charts show shifts in parliamentary control over the years, highlighting changes in party seat distributions. Presidential voter metrics, including turnout, invalid votes, and participation rates, uncover patterns in electoral engagement. Bar charts illustrate presidential election results by party vote percentages, providing a clear picture of voter and party dynamics.

Also, election integrity data compares observer group estimates with official results, highlighting trends and discrepancies. Interactive maps present regional voting patterns, showing how parties and candidates performed across Gabon.

Together, these visualizations offer a comprehensive view of Gabon's electoral history, making it an essential resource for political analysts, journalists, students, and democracy advocates.

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