1965 Malagasy presidential election

Presidential elections were held for the first time in Madagascar on 30 March 1965. Incumbent President Philibert Tsiranana of the Social Democratic Party dominated the campaign and was elected with 97.2% of the voter.

1965 Malagasy presidential election

30 March 1965
 
Nominee Philibert Tsiranana Joseph Raseta
Party PSD NMU
Popular vote 2,451,441 54,814
Percentage 97.78% 2.19%

President before election

Philibert Tsiranana
PSD

Elected President

Gabriel Ramanantsoa
PSD

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Philibert TsirananaSocial Democratic Party2,451,44197.78
Joseph RasetaNational Malagasy Union54,8142.19
Alfred RazafiarisoaIndependent8120.03
Total2,507,067100.00
Valid votes2,507,06799.44
Invalid/blank votes14,1490.56
Total votes2,521,216100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,583,05197.61
Source: Saura[1]

References

  1. André Saura (2004) Philibert Tsiranana, Premier président de la République de Madagascar, t. I : À l’ombre de de Gaulle, Éditions L'Harmattan p294 ISBN 2296013309
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