1996 Equatorial Guinean presidential election

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25 February 1996

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Registered

230,238

Turnout

79.81%


Nominee	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo	Secundino Oyono Edú-Aguong Ada
Party	PDGE	CSDP [es]
Popular vote	179,592	1,349
Percentage	97.85%	0.73%

President before election

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
PDGE

Elected President

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
PDGE

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Presidential elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 25 February 1996. Although the country was no longer a one-party state, the elections were boycotted by the opposition, although their names remained on the ballot papers. As a result, the incumbent Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo won with 98% of the vote. Turnout was 80%.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo	Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea	179,592	97.85
	Secundino Oyono Edú-Aguong Ada	Social Democratic and Popular Convergence [es]	1,349	0.73
	Andres Moses Mbada	Popular Union of Equatorial Guinea	1,135	0.62
	Severo Moto Nsá	Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea	1,017	0.55
	Buenaventura Monsue Asumu	Party of the Social Democratic Coalition	451	0.25
Total			183,544	100.00

Valid votes			183,544	99.88
Invalid/blank votes			218	0.12
Total votes			183,762	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			230,238	79.81
Source: Nohlen et al.

The official results had a total of 183,830 voters.

References

Elections in Equatorial Guinea African Elections Database
Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p362 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
Nohlen et al, p362

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