Independent Centre Party of Gabon

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The Independent Centre Party of Gabon (French: Parti gabonais du centre indépendant, PGCI) is a political party in Gabon.

History

Established in 1990,[1] the party nominated Jean-Pierre Lemboumba-Lepandou as its candidate for the 1993 presidential elections. He finished ninth in a field of thirteen candidates with 1.4% of the vote. In the 1997 local elections the PGCI won 14 seats.[2] In 2002 it joined the Presidential Majority, supporting the Gabonese Democratic Party.[3] It won one seat in the Senate in the 2003 elections, and went on to win two seats in the 2009 elections.[4]

The party nominated five candidates for the 2011 National Assembly elections,[5] winning one seat.[6] It was reduced to a single seat in the Senate in 2014 elections.[7]

References

  1. ↑ PGCI: Changement de combat BDP Gabon
  2. ↑ Annuaire Statistique du Gabon Direction des Statistiques Generales
  3. ↑ Tom Lansford (2015) Political Handbook of the World 2015, CQ Press
  4. ↑ Elections in 2009 IPU
  5. ↑ List of candidates Gabon Elections
  6. ↑ Bongo sweeps Gabon election, opposition reject vote Reuters, 22 December 2011
  7. ↑ Last elections IPU
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