1968 Senegalese general election explained

Country:

Senegal

Election Date:

25 February 1968

Previous Election:

1963 Senegalese general election

Previous Year:

1963

Next Election:

1973 Senegalese general election

Next Year:

1973

Module:

Embed:

yes

Election Name:

Presidential election

Turnout:

94.69%

Image1:

UNESCO History, Visite de S. Exc. M. Léopold Sedar Senghor, Président de la République du Sénégal - UNESCO - PHOTO0000002688 0001 (cropped).tiff

Candidate1:

Léopold Sédar Senghor

Party1:

UPS

Popular Vote1:

1,229,927

Percentage1:

100%

President

Before Election:

Léopold Sédar Senghor

Before Party:

UPS

After Election:

Léopold Sédar Senghor

After Party:

UPS

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Embed:	yes
Election Name:	Parliamentary election
Turnout:	93.03%
Percentage1:	100
Seats1:	80
Last Election1:	80

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]

Results

National Assembly

Notes and References

http://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html Elections in Senegal
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/SENEGAL_1968_E.PDF Senegal