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In December 1993, Bongo won the first presidential election held under the new multi-party constitution, by a considerably narrower margin of around 51. 4 %.
Opposition candidates refused to validate the election results.
Serious civil disturbances led to an agreement between the government and opposition factions to work toward a political settlement.
These talks led to the Paris Accords in November 1994, under which several opposition figures were included in a government of national unity.
This arrangement soon broke down, however, and the 1996 and 1997 legislative and municipal elections provided the backdrop for renewed partisan politics.
The PDG won a landslide victory in the legislative election, but several major cities, including Libreville, elected opposition mayors during the 1997 local election.
Bongo was eventually successful in consolidating power again, with most of the major opposition leaders being either co-opted by being given high-ranking posts in the government or bought off, ensuring his comfortable re-election in 1998.

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