The 2015 presidential election in Togo

In: Electoral Studies, Band 39, S. 168-173

Abstract

On April 25, 2015, over two million Togolese participated in the third presidential election since the death of long-standing dictator Gnassingbe Eyadema in 2005. Incumbent president - and Eyadema's son - Faure Gnassingbe won the election with 59 percent of the vote, extending his tenure in office until at least 2020. Official reports put turnout at 61 percent of registered voters (Commission Electorale Nationale Independent [Togo], 2015). [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]