The National Woodcutters Rally–Rally for Gabon (, RNB–RPG) is a political party in Gabon.
History
The party was established in 1990 as Movement for National Rectification–Woodcutters (Mouvement de redressement national–Bûcherons, MORENA–Bûcherons), a breakaway from the Movement for National Rectification. In the 1990 parliamentary elections it won 20 of the 120 seats in the National Assembly, becoming the largest opposition party. In February 1991 it was renamed "National Woodcutters Rally" (RNB).
The RNB nominated Paul Mba Abessole as its candidate for the 1993 presidential elections; He finished second with 26.5% of the vote. Although it won a majority of the contested seats in the 1996 local elections, Although Mba Abessole was selected as the party's candidate for the 2009 presidential elections, he later withdrew in favour of independent candidate André Mba Obame. The party was reduced to three seats in the 2011 parliamentary elections.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Election
!Party candidate
!Votes
!%
!Result
|-
|1993
| rowspan="2" |Paul Mba Abessole
|110,747
|26.51%
|Lost
|-
|1998
|41,701
|13.16%
|Lost
|-
|2005
| colspan="4" |Did not Participate
|-
|2009
|Supported André Mba Obame (Ind)
|88,026
|25.88%
|Lost
|-
|2016
|Paul Mba Abessole
|761
|0.21%
|Lost
|}
National Assembly elections
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Election
!Seats
!+/–
!Position
!Result
|-
|1990
|
| 20
| 2nd
|
|-
|1996
|
| 13
| 3rd
|
|-
|2001
|
| 1
| 2nd
|
|-
|2006
|
|
| 2nd
|
|-
|2011
|
| 5
| 2nd
|
|-
|2018
|
| 3
| 14th
|
|}
Senate elections
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Election
!Seats
!+/–
!Position
!Result
|-
|1997
|
| 19
| 2nd
|
|-
|2003
|
| 11
| 2nd
|
|-
|2009
|
| 2
| 2nd
|
|-
|2014
|
| 2
|
|
|}
See also
- Vincent Essone Mengue