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1991 São Toméan parliamentary election

Field	Value
country	São Tomé and Príncipe
previous_election	1985
election_date	20 January 1991
next_election	1994
seats_for_election	All 55 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	28
party1	Democratic Convergence Party (São Tomé and Príncipe)	leader1 = Leonel Mário d'Alva	percentage1 = 59.33	seats1 = 33	last_election1 = New
party2	Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe – Social Democratic Party	leader2 = Manuel Pinto da Costa	percentage2 = 33.31	seats2 = 21	last_election2 = 51
party3	CODO	leader3 =	percentage3 = 5.71	seats3 = 1	last_election3 = New
map	1991 São Tomé and Príncipe legislative election - Results by constituency.svg
map_caption	Results by district.

Parliamentary elections were held in São Tomé and Príncipe on 20 January 1991. They were the first multi-party elections for the National Assembly, following a referendum the previous year. The result was a victory for the Democratic Convergence Party-Reflection Group, which won 33 of the 55 seats, defeating the former sole legal party, the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe - Social Democratic Party. Voter turnout was 76.7%.

Background and outcome of elections

The main political parties in the election were the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe - Social Democratic Party (MLSTP-PSD), the former sole legal party and the Democratic Convergence Party - Reflection Group (PCD-GR), a party formed by a coalition of MLSTP dissidents, independents, and young professionals. Some of the smaller parties that participated in the election were the FDC, or Christian Democratic Front and the Democratic Coalition of the Opposition (CODO), created by the merger of three former overseas opposition movements.

The elections, deemed transparent, free, and fair resulted in victory for the PCD-GR, with the MLSTP defeat blamed on the country's economic problems. A transitional government headed by Daniel Daio was installed in February pending presidential elections to be held in March.

Results

References

[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2275_91.htm Sao Tome and Principe: Elections held in 1991] Inter-Parliamentary Union
Heitor Alberto Coelho Barras Romana (1997) ''São Tomé e Príncipe: Elementos para uma análise antropológica das suas vulnerabilidades e potencialidades'', p186

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