EU election observers said the São Tomé elections have been orderly, calm and peaceful, with no major incidents reported

“As eleições têm decorrido de uma forma ordeira, tranquila, pacífica e calma. Não houve cortes registados ou assembleias que não abriram, como aconteceu nas presidenciais, e nós registamos isso com muito agrado”

Machine translation: "The elections have proceeded in an orderly, calm, peaceful and tranquil manner. There were no cuts recorded or polling stations that did not open, as happened in the presidential ones, and we note this with great pleasure"