LIBREVILLE, Gabon — The get together of Gabon’s president Tuesday received essentially the most seats within the first spherical of the nation’s first legislative elections since a 2023 army coup ended a 50-year-old political dynasty.
The Democratic Union of Builders, or UDB, a celebration based in July by Gabon’s chief Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, received 55 of the 145 seats within the Nationwide Meeting, in line with provisional outcomes launched by the Inside Ministry.
The Gabonese Democratic Social gathering, or PDG, the get together of former president Ali Bongo Ondimba, received three seats. The UDB and PDG, operating on a joint ticket in some constituencies, received 4 seats.
Oligui Nguema had toppled Bongo, who was accused of irresponsible governance, in a 2023 coup and in April, received the presidential election that signaled a return to constitutional democracy.
A second spherical election is ready for Oct. 11 in 77 constituencies the place no candidate received an absolute majority, most of them pitting the UDB in opposition to the PDG.
The nation is dominated by a presidential system underneath the structure adopted by referendum final 12 months. The legislative energy is proscribed and parliament can not topple the federal government.
Gabon’s parliament had additionally adopted a contentious new electoral code earlier this 12 months, which allowed army personnel, together with Oligui Nguema, to run within the April presidential vote.
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