Country: | Madagascar |
Type: | parliamentary |
Election Date: | 8 August 1965 |
Previous Election: | 1960 Malagasy parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1960 |
Next Election: | 1970 Malagasy parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1970 |
Seats For Election: | All 107 seats in the National Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 54 |
Image1: | Philibert Tsiranana 1962-08-29.jpg |
Leader1: | Philibert Tsiranana |
Party1: | Social Democratic Party of Madagascar |
Last Election1: | 76 |
Seats1: | 104 |
Seat Change1: | 28 |
Popular Vote1: | 2,277,055 |
Percentage1: | 94.58% |
Swing1: | 32.98pp |
Party2: | Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar |
Last Election2: | 9 |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 68,794 |
Percentage2: | 2.86% |
Swing2: | 7.84pp |
Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 8 August 1965.[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, which won 104 of the 107 seats (reduced from 127) in the National Assembly.[2]