(MENAFN) Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema’s Democratic Union of Builders (UDB) party secured a commanding majority in the National Assembly, winning 102 of 145 seats in the country’s recent legislative elections, according to government reports.

The UDB captured 52 seats in the first round on September 27 and an additional 50 in the second round held on Saturday, giving the party control of roughly 70% of parliamentary seats.

The Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), a former ruling party now aligned with President Nguema, obtained 16 seats, with five won in the first round and 11 in the second. Other parties—including the Rally for the Fatherland and Modernity (RPM), the National Union (UN), and the Gabonese Social Democrats (SDG)—won a small number of seats, while several smaller parties and independents secured single seats. Four constituencies did not hold elections in the first round, leaving those seats pending. The official final results will be announced by the electoral commission in the coming days.

Approximately 900,000 Gabonese were eligible to vote in the first round, which marked the country’s first legislative elections since the 2023 military coup that ousted former President Ali Bongo.

Regional observers from Benin, Guinea, Mauritania, and Togo reported that the second round proceeded in a calm and orderly manner, though voter turnout appeared low. President Nguema previously won the April presidential election.

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