1965 United Arab Republic presidential confirmation referendum

Nasser elections 1965 stamp

Nasser being sworn in for his second term, March 1965

Presidential elections were held in the United Arab Republic (now Egypt) on 15 March 1965.^[1] The election took the form of a referendum on the candidacy of Gamal Abdel Nasser, who ran unopposed. He won with almost seven million votes, and only 65 against.^[2] Voter turnout was 98.5%.^[2]

Results[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gamal Abdel Nasser	Arab Socialist Union	6,950,098	100.00
Against			65	0.00
Total			6,950,163	100.00

Valid votes			6,950,163	99.99
Invalid/blank votes			489	0.01
Total votes			6,950,652	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			7,055,564	98.51
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[]

^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p336 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
^ ^a ^b Nohlen et al., p344

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[1] Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p336 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

[N2-2] Nohlen et al., p344

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