During the campaign, an army Antonov An-32 plane crashed off Annobón, killing 13 PDGE militants.
[5] On 4 May the Secretary-General of the opposition Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS), Plácido Micó Abogo, condemned the elections as "a repetition of what the government has always done".
He said the elections were marked by "arbitrary procedures in many polling stations", including disappearing ballot papers and the failure to replace ballot papers that had run out; he also alleged that CPDS representatives in polling stations were harassed.
Results from most polling stations in Mongomo, from which Obiang originates, showed the PDGE receiving every vote.
[1][4] On May 9, Clemente Engonga Nguema Onguenes, the President of the National Electoral Commission and Minister of the Interior, announced on the radio that the PDGE and the nine small parties allied to it, which are together known as the Democratic Opposition, had won a total of 99 out of 100 seats;[5] CPDS Secretary-General Plácido Micó Abogo won the remaining seat.