1991 São Toméan presidential election

1991 São Toméan presidential election

3 March 1991
Registered52,618
Turnout61.81%
 
Candidate Miguel Trovoada
Party Independent
(PCD-GRCODO)
Popular vote 26,604
Percentage 100%

Results by region
(percentage of valid votes)

President before election

Manuel Quintas de Almeida (acting)
Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe

Elected President

Miguel Trovoada
Independent

Presidential elections were held for the first time in São Tomé and Príncipe on 3 March 1991, as previously the President had been elected by the National Assembly. Ultimately only one candidate, Miguel Trovoada, ran for office, and was elected unopposed. The MLSTP-PSD had called for voters to boycott the election.

Trovoada was sworn in as the second president of São Tomé and Príncipe on 3 April.