Togo

National Assembly

Political system
Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Election results

Data on parliamentary elections, including the background, candidates, voter turnout, results and the formation of the new legislature. By default the latest election results are displayed. Select a date to view results from previous elections.

Background

Election date(s)
25 Jul 2013
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature
No information available
Timing of election
Delayed elections
Number of seats at stake
91
Scope of elections
Full renewal

Election summar(ies)

For historical elections, data is provided in summary documents in PDF or HTML format.

Candidates

Number of parties contesting the election
14

Notes: Number of parties contesting the election: 12 parties and 2 coalitions

Total number of candidates
1,174
Number of male candidates
1,015
Number of female candidates
159
Percentage of women candidates
13.5%

Voter turnout

Registered voters
3,044,332
Voters
2,011,203
Voter turnout
66.1%

Results

About the election

President Faure Gnassingbe's Union for the Republic (UNIR, formerly Togolese People's Rally, RPT) won the elections, taking 62 seats in the enlarged 91-member National Assembly (up from 81). Two opposition coalitions took a total of 25 seats: Mr. Jean-Pierre Fabre's Let's Save Togo Movement (CST) took 19 and the Rainbow Coalition, six. The CST comprised Mr. Fabre's National Alliance for Change (ANC) and dissidents of the Union of Forces for Change (UFC). The UFC, led by Mr. Gilchrist Olympio (son of Togo's first President, Sylvanus Olympio), was the main opposition force in the 2007 elections but joined the coalition government in 2010. Its share dropped from 27 to a mere three seats in 2013.

The UNIR ran on the government's record, citing economic growth and improvements in infrastructure. The CST promised "a real change”. Along with other opposition forces, it pushed for a two-term limit on the presidency that would bar President Gnassingbe from running for re-election in 2015. President Gnassingbe took power in 2005 on the death of his father, Eyadema Gnassingbe, after 38 years in office.

Parliamentary elections were first called for October 2012, but amendments to the electoral law shortly before the elections triggered street protests. The opposition argued that the amendments favoured the government and demanded electoral reform, which postponed the elections twice to July 2013. The electoral law, revised in February 2013, includes a clause on gender parity that was not applied in the 2013 elections.

Number of parties winning seats
5
Percentage of parties winning seats
35.7%
Alternation of power after elections
No
Number of parties in government
3
Names of parties in government
Union for the Republic (UNIR), Union of Forces for Change (UFC) and Pan-African Patriotic Convergence (CPP, which is not represented in the National Assembly)
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
77
Number of women elected
14
Percentage of women elected
15.4%
Women Directly Elected
14
Sources

National Assembly (14.08.2013, 21.08.2013, 03.09.2013, 20.09.2013, 23.09.2013, 07.04.2014)

Décision N°E-011/13 du 12 août 2013 de la Cour constitutionnelle

New legislature

Total number of men after the election
77
Total number of women after the election
14
Percentage of women after the election
15.4%
First-term parliamentarians
69
Percentage of first-term parliamentarians
75.8%
Date of the first session
20 Aug 2013

First Speaker of the new legislature

Personal details for the first Speaker of the new legislature
Dama Dramani (Male)
Date of birth: 1944
Political party
Union for the Republic (UNIR)
Date of election
02 Sep 2013

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No