1993 Gabonese presidential election

{{Infobox election

| country = Gabon

| type = presidential

| election_date = 5 December 1993

| previous_election = 1986 Gabonese presidential election

| previous_year = 1986

| next_election = 1998 Gabonese presidential election

| next_year = 1998

| turnout = 88.08%

| image1 = Omar Bongo 1973.jpg

| candidate1 = Omar Bongo

| party1 = Gabonese Democratic Party

| popular_vote1 = 213,793

| percentage1 = 51.18%

| image2 = 3x4.svg

| candidate2 = Paul Mba Abessole

| party2 = RNB

| popular_vote2 = 110,747

| percentage2 = 26.51%

| title = President

| before_election = Omar Bongo

| before_party = Gabonese Democratic Party

| after_election = Omar Bongo

| after_party = Gabonese Democratic Party

}}

{{Politics of Gabon}}

Presidential elections were held in Gabon on 5 December 1993, the first time more than one candidate had contested a presidential election in the country. Incumbent President Omar Bongo, in power since 1967, sought a five-year term against twelve other candidates. According to official results Bongo won in the first round with 51.2% of the vote. However, the main opposition leader, Paul Mba Abessole, alleged fraud, claimed victory, and threatened to form a rival government. Riots in 1994 practically brought the country to a standstill until Bongo agreed to attend a peace conference with opposition groups in September 1994, in which a coalition government was formed until the 1996 parliamentary election, which Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party won by a landslide.[http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad37 History of Gabon]