1973 Senegalese general election
General elections were held in Senegal on 28 January 1973 to elect a President and National Assembly. At the time the country was 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 100 UPS candidates (for the 100 seats) to vote for.[2] Voter turnout was 93.0% in the parliamentary elections and 97% in the presidential election.[3]
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Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Léopold Sédar Senghor | Senegalese Progressive Union | 1,357,056 | 100.00 | |
| Total | 1,357,056 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,357,056 | 99.98 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 303 | 0.02 | ||
| Total votes | 1,357,359 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,399,433 | 96.99 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
National Assembly
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senegalese Progressive Union | 1,355,306 | 100.00 | 100 | +20 | |
| Total | 1,355,306 | 100.00 | 100 | +20 | |
| Valid votes | 1,355,306 | 99.94 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 793 | 0.06 | |||
| Total votes | 1,356,099 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,399,433 | 96.90 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
- Elections in Senegal African Elections Database
- Senegal Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p765–770 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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