[2] His closest challenger was Agbéyomé Kodjo, a former prime minister and leader of the newly established Patriotic Movement for Democracy and Development, who received 19% of the vote.

[4] The amendments were made following the December 2018 parliamentary elections, which had been boycotted by fourteen opposition parties in protest against 'bias', a refusal to return to the 1992 constitution, and using constituencies boundaries that favoured the UPR.

[9] In February 2020 the Committee to Protect Journalists published a letter urging the Togolese government to refrain from throttling internet service as it had been done in 2017 and 2018, calling it a key danger to the state's democratic process.

[12][13] After observing the elections, ECOWAS determined that they were free and transparent, commending the population for its peaceful participation as an improvement from protests years prior against the long reign of the Gnassingbe family.

[14] However, sporadic internet shutdowns were recorded across the capital and other major cities, prompting both international watchdogs and opposition parties to question the results.