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paragraph_text: A presidential election was held in Gabon on 12 April 2025. They were the first election in the country since the Bongo dynasty was overthrown in the 2023 coup after 56 years in power. Incumbent transitional president Brice Oligui Nguema ran as an Independent, under his Rally of Builders platform.
  
  Voter turnout was 70%, the highest since 1993, the first multi-party elections. The following day, Oligui was proclaimed the winner of the elections, receiving 90% of the votes, while his main opponent Alain Claude Bilie By Nze received 3%.