At stake in this election:     

• The office of President of Togo

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Faure GNASSINGBE

• Head of Government: Kwesi Seleagodji AHOOMEY-ZUNU

• Assembly: Togo has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 91 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 5-year term.

• In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) 91 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.*

* There are 35 multi-member constituencies. There is no threshold.

Main candidates in the presidential race:^[1]

• Faure GNASSINGBE
• Party: Union for the Republic (UNIR)
• Jean-Pierre FABRE
• Party: National Alliance for Change (Alliance Nationale pour le Changement) (ANC)
• Gerry TAMAA
• Party: NET (New Commitment Togo)
• Loved Tchaboré GOGUE
• Party: ADDI (Alliance of Democrats for integral development)
• Me TCHASSONA-TRAORÉ
• Party: MCD (Citizen Movement for Democracy)

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 7,351,374 (2014 est.)^[2]

• Registered Voters: 3,509,258 (2015)^[3]

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 3,705,614 (2014 est.)^[4]

• Is Togo a signatory to CEDAW: No

• Has Togo ratified CEDAW: No

• Gender Quota:  Yes^[5]

• Female Candidates in this election: Y/N

• Number of Female Legislators: 14 (15.4%) of 91 seats in the Assemblée Nationale

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 166

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium

Disability Data:

• Is Togo a signatory to CRPD: Yes (23 September 2008)

• Has Togo ratified CRPD: Yes (1 March 2011)