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Gabon National Assembly Dates 2017

Gabon National Assembly Date: 29 July 2017

Elections in Gabon take place within the framework of a presidentialmulti-party democracy with the Gabonese Democratic Party, in power since independence, as the dominant party. The President and National Assembly are directly elected, whilst the Senate is indirectly elected.

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Electoral system of Gabon

The voting age in Gabon is 21, and voting is compulsory; non-participants may be fined.

President 

The President of Gabon is elected for a seven-year term in a single round of voting by plurality.

National Assembly

The 120 members of the National Assembly are elected from nine multi-member constituencies based on the provincesusing the two-round system. Constituencies are between nine and eighteen seats in size.

Senate

The 102 members of the Senate are indirectly elected. Like the National Assembly, they are elected from nine multi-member constituencies based on the provinces, with between four and eighteen seats in each constituency. The elections are carried out by municipal councilors and departmental assembly members using the two-round system. Substitute members are elected at the same time.

Candidates for National Assembly 2017

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• Gabonese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Gabonais)
• National Woodcutters Rally (Rassemblement National des Bûcherons)
• Gabonese Progress Party (Parti gabonais du progrès)
• Democratic and Republican Alliance (Alliance Démocratique et Républicaine)

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