After the period of democratic transition in Togo in 1992, several development plans were put in place to raise the economic level of the country. The objectives of these different plans did not really succeed given the poisonous political atmosphere that prevailed in the country. This contribution has the merit of showing how post-election crises put a damper on development research activities in Togo. The study is based on the observation that from 1993 to 2020, most of the elections that took place in the country had been boycotted by the opposition. The latter had judged their organizations to be non-transparent. Post-electoral socio-political crises followed, the resolution of which often puts the country’s development problems on hold. The documentary approach used is varied and consists of the archives of the electoral institutions of the Togolese Republic, various scientific publications on the political history of Togo during the period of the process of democratization of the country, field surveys with resource persons.
Keywords: elections, opposition, post-electoral crises, development plan
