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There were 119 constituencies in the election, and the PDG was the only party to present candidate lists in all of them. In
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Ntoutoume Emane was elected unopposed as Mayor of Libreville. He received 84 votes; the remaining 14 votes were invalid. Four deputy mayors were also elected: Michel Teale of the PDG,
420:(RPG), which is part of the presidential majority, held a protest against the results, alleging that various means were used to skew the vote in favor of the PDG. It demanded that the vote in Libreville be cancelled and that the electoral system be reformed.
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634:"Gabon: Locales 2008: Les partis de la majoritĂ© prĂ©sidentielle Ă la tĂȘte du Conseil municipal de Libreville"
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563:"Le PDG remporte largement les Ă©lections locales du 27 avril au Gabon"
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525:"Gabon: Locales 2008: la campagne des Ă©lections locales sâachĂšve"
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