1968 Senegalese general election
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General elections were held in Senegal on 25 February 1968 to elect a President and National Assembly. After a series of party mergers, the country had become a one-party state, with the Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) as the sole legal party, As a result, its leader, Léopold Sédar Senghor, was the only candidate in the presidential election and was re-elected unopposed.[1] In the National Assembly election, voters were presented with a list of 80 UPS candidates to vote for.[2] Voter turnout was 94.7% in the presidential election and 93.0% in the National Assembly election.[1]
Results[]
President[]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Léopold Sédar Senghor | Senegalese Progressive Union | 1,229,927 | 100.00 | |
Total | 1,229,927 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,229,927 | 99.39 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 7,504 | 0.61 | ||
Total votes | 1,237,431 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,306,791 | 94.69 | ||
Source: Sternberger et al.[3] |
National Assembly[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Senegalese Progressive Union | 1,209,984 | 100.00 | 80 | 0 | |
Total | 1,209,984 | 100.00 | 80 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,209,984 | 99.53 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 5,746 | 0.47 | |||
Total votes | 1,215,730 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,306,791 | 93.03 | |||
Source: Sternberger et al. |
References[]
- ^ a b Elections in Senegal African Elections Database
- ^ Senegal Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1861
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