| Election Date: | 12 February 1961 |
| Country: | Gabon |
| Previous Election: | 1957 Gabonese Territorial Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 1957 |
| Next Election: | 1967 Gabonese general election |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
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General elections were held in Gabon on 12 February 1961 to elect a President and the National Assembly. It was the first time a president had been elected, with Prime Minister Léon M'ba of the Gabonese Democratic Bloc being the only candidate and was elected unopposed.[1] In the National Assembly election the Gabonese Democratic Bloc and the Gabonese Democratic and Social Union put forward a joint list of candidates unopposed under the name "National Union". Voter turnout was 98.7%.[2]