1979 Gabonese presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Gabon on 30 December 1979, the first time they had been held separately from National Assembly elections. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) as the sole legal party. PDG leader and incumbent president Omar Bongo was the only candidate, and was unopposed for a second full term. Bongo claimed to have received 100% of valid votes, with only 236 people casting blank or spoiled ballots.^[1] Voter turnout was allegedly near 100%.