1968 Senegalese general election
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 95% in the presidential election and 93% in the National Assembly election.[1]
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Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| 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
- 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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