1973 Gabonese general election explained

Election Date:	23 February 1973
Country:	Gabon
Module:	Embed: yes Election Name: Presidential election Type: presidential Turnout: 97.75% Previous Election: 1967 Gabonese general election Previous Year: 1967 Next Election: 1979 Gabonese presidential election Next Year: 1979 Image1: Omar Bongo 1973.jpg Candidate1: Omar Bongo Party1: Gabonese Democratic Party Popular Vote1: 515,841 Percentage1: 100% President Before Election: Omar Bongo Before Party: Gabonese Democratic Party After Election: Omar Bongo After Party: Gabonese Democratic Party

General elections were held in Gabon on 25 February 1973 to elect a President and the National Assembly. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) as the sole legal party. PDG leader and incumbent president Omar Bongo was the only candidate in the presidential election, and was elected unopposed.^[1] In the National Assembly election the PDG put forward a list of 70 candidates for the 70 seats in the expanded Assembly.^[2] Voter turnout was allegedly 97.8%.^[3]

Results

National Assembly

Notes and References

1. http://africanelections.tripod.com/ga.html Elections in Gabon
2. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/GABON_1973_E.PDF Gabon
3. [Dieter Nohlen]