Gabon
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 7 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· National Assembly
- Seats: 143
- Term of office: 5 years
· Senate
- Seats: 91
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 2,500
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 8 am and 6 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 627,805 (2016 election)
· Voter turnout: 59.46% (2016 presidential election)
· Voting age: 21
- Presidential: directly elected, the two-round system
- National Assembly: directly elected
- Senate: Indirectly elected by members of municipal councils and departmental assemblies.
· Voting process
1. Election Announcement
2. Candidate Registration
3. Voting (Verify National ID Card -> Cast Ballots)
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: 72 hours after closing of vote