“The National Electoral Commission proclaims the candidate Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea for the next 7 years”, announced Faustino Ndong Esono Eyang, President of the Electoral Commission, who specified that the participation rate stood at 98%. .
The percentages obtained by the opposition candidates, Andrés Esono Ondo of Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS), the only opposition party which is not banned, and Bonaventura Monsuy Asumu, of the Social Democratic Coalition Party (PCSD) , were not disclosed. They won 9,684 and 2,855 votes respectively, in one of the most closed and authoritarian regimes in the world where the opposition is repressed and muzzled.
In addition to the presidential election, the all-powerful Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) and its coalition won all 100 seats for deputies and 55 for senators at stake in the legislative and local elections which were held simultaneously. The PDGE had 99 seats in the outgoing National Assembly and won one deputy.
A total of 427,661 Equatoguineans out of 1.4 million inhabitants were registered on the electoral rolls of this small Central African oil state led with an iron fist by Mr. Obiang who holds the record for longevity of heads of state. in office, excluding monarchs.
