Based on exit polling at the time of the election, the news organization Reuters placed Bongo's share of the vote at about 37%.David E. Gardinier & Douglas A. Yates, Historical Dictionary of Gabon (2006), Third Edition, page 277. Voter turnout was 88.1%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p404
