| Country: | Gabon |
| Election Date: | August 2025 |
| Previous Year: | 2023 |
| Previous Election: | 2023 Gabonese general election |
| Next Election: | 2032 Gabonese general election |
| Next Year: | 2032 |
| Before Election: | Brice Oligui Nguema (acting) |
| Before Party: | Military |
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General elections are due to be held in Gabon in 2025.[1] They will be the first elections in the country since the Bongo dynasty was overthrown in the 2023 coup after 56 years of rule.
See main article: 2023 Gabonese coup d'état. In August 2023, a general election was held where incumbent president Ali Bongo won a third term with 64% of the votes. The results were heavily controversial and disputed and four days later, the Gabonese Army and the Gabonese Republican Guard, led by Brigadier General Brice Oligui Nguema, who was a cousin of Bongo, led a coup d'état which ousted and arrested Bongo and his government, annulled the election results, dissolved all state institutions, and where the military assumes control of the country with Nguema as transitional president.[2] [3] [4]
On 13 November, the military junta authorities has promised free and fair elections to be held August 2025, two years after the coup, even though they have yet to announce the exact date.[5]
See main article: 2024 Gabonese constitutional referendum. On 16 November 2024, Gabon held a constitutional referendum. In the referendum, the post of prime minister was abolished, the presidential terms was set for seven years, renewable once, and as well as the president having to have at least one parent who is Gabonese and as well as having a Gabonese spouse. The referendum is also seen by many as a key step towards return to civilian rule after the coup.[6] The referendum also paves way for Brice Oligui Nguema to run in the 2025 election.
The President of Gabon is elected for a seven-year term via the two-round system. The voting age in Gabon is 21, and voting is compulsory; non-participants may be fined.[7]