Antoine Gizenga: 1,551,690 – 80.09%
Jean-Pierre Bemba: 188,117 – 9.71%
Joseph Kabila: 51,254 – 2.65%

Politics: Former Congolese prime minister Antoine Gizenga, 80, won by a large margin in the province of Bandundu. Gizenga, a deputy prime minister to post-independence leader Patrice Lumumba in 1960, received 13 percent of the vote, following the 20 percent received by Jean-Pierre Bemba and 45 percent received by Joseph Kabila. Exiled from 1965 to 1992, Gizenga represents the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU), a group dedicated to resurrecting Lumumba’s post-independence government.

Natural Resources: Though not as rich as its eastern neighbors, Bandundu has diamonds along the Kwango River.