Gabon

Population Statistics

1,705,336

Total Population

255,800

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

01 October 2007

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Gabonese Republic (1991, last amended 1997)

Updated: June 2015

Article 4 states:

Suffrage is universal, equal, and secret. It may be direct or indirect within the provisions of the Constitution and laws.

 
Excerpt from the Constitution of the Gabonese Republic (1991, last amended 1997)

Electoral Law (1996, last amended 2011)

Updated: June 2015

Article 25 states:

Voters are citizens of both sexes, reaching 18 years of age on the day of the election, who enjoy their civil and political rights, who are regularly registered.

 

Excerpt from the Electoral Law (1996, last amended 2011)