Togolese presidential election, 2003

Presidential elections were held in Togo

Togo

Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...

on 1 June 2003. The result was a victory for incumbent President Gnassingbé Eyadéma

Gnassingbé Eyadéma

General Gnassingbé Eyadéma , was the President of Togo from 1967 until his death in 2005. He participated in two successful military coups, in January 1963 and January 1967, and became President on April 14, 1967...

, who won 57.8% of the vote.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Gnassingbé Eyadéma Gnassingbé Eyadéma General Gnassingbé Eyadéma , was the President of Togo from 1967 until his death in 2005. He participated in two successful military coups, in January 1963 and January 1967, and became President on April 14, 1967...	Rally of the Togolese People Rally of the Togolese People The Rally of the Togolese People is the ruling political party in Togo. The President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, is also the National President of the RPT....	1,345,159	57.8
Emmanuel Bob-Akitani Emmanuel Bob-Akitani Emmanuel Bob-Akitani is a Togolese politician who was the main opposition candidate in the 2003 and 2005 Togolese presidential elections. He is the Honorary President of the Union of Forces for Change ....	Union of Forces for Change Union of Forces for Change The Union of Forces for Change is the main opposition political party in Togo. The President of the UFC was Gilchrist Olympio and its Secretary-General is Jean-Pierre Fabre until August 10th 2010. Olympio is the son of the first President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio, who was assassinated in a 1963...	784,102	33.7
Yawovi Agboyibo Yawovi Agboyibo Yawovi Madji Agboyibo is a Togolese politician. He served as Prime Minister of Togo from September 2006 to December 2007 and was National President of the Action Committee for Renewal , an opposition political party, from 1991 to 2008...	Action Committee for Renewal Action Committee for Renewal The Action Committee for Renewal is an opposition political party in Togo. Dodji Apévon has led the party since 2008; previously it was led by Yawovi Agboyibo from 1991 to 2008....	119,372	5.1
Maurice Dahuku Péré	Socialist Pact for Renewal Socialist Pact for Renewal The Socialist Pact for Renewal is a political party in Togo.The PSR did not take part in the parliamentary election held on 27 October 2002; as part of the Coalition of Democratic Forces, it called for a boycott...	51,304	2.2
Edem Kodjo Edem Kodjo Édouard Kodjovi Kodjo, better known as Edem Kodjo , is a Togolese politician and diplomat. He was Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity from 1978 to 1983; later, in Togo, he was a prominent opposition leader after the introduction of multiparty politics. He served as Prime...	Patriotic Pan-African Convergence Patriotic Pan-African Convergence The Patriotic Pan-African Convergence is a political party in Togo. Former Prime Minister Edem Kodjo is the President of the CPP.The CPP was created in August 1999 through the merger of four parties: the Togolese Union for Democracy , led by Kodjo, the Party of Action for Democracy , led by...	22,482	1.0
Nicolas Lawson Nicolas Lawson Nicholas Jean Messan Lawson is a Togolese politician and businessman.Lawson was born in Aného, Lacs Prefecture. He studied hotel management in Ireland and economics in France...	Independent	4,847	0.2
Léopold Gnininvi Léopold Gnininvi Léopold Messan Kokou Gnininvi is a Togolese politician and the Secretary-General of the Democratic Convention of African Peoples... *	Democratic Convention of African Peoples Democratic Convention of African Peoples The Democratic Convention of African Peoples is a political party in Togo.The CDPA boycotted the August 1993 presidential election and the February 1994 parliamentary election. Its Secretary-General, Léopold Gnininvi, was a candidate in the June 1998 presidential election, receiving less than 1%...	409	>-	Total	2,327,675	100

* Gnininvi withdrew his candidacy in May but remained on the ballot paper.

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