1967 Gabonese general election

none 19 March 1967 Gabon 1961 Gabonese general election 1961 1973 Gabonese general election 1973 yes Presidential election presidential 99.41% Léon M'ba 1964.jpg Léon M'ba Gabonese Democratic Party 346,587 100% President Léon M'ba Gabonese Democratic Party Léon M'ba Gabonese Democratic Party General elections were held in Gabon on 19 March 1967 to elect a President and the National Assembly. Incumbent Léon M'ba of the Gabonese Democratic Bloc was the only candidate in the presidential election and was elected unopposed.Elections in Gabon https://web.archive.org/web/20180913155913/http://africanelections.tripod.com/ga.html 2018-09-13 African Elections Database In the National Assembly election the Gabonese Democratic Bloc was the only party to contest the election, and won all 47 seats. Voter turnout was allegedly 99.4%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p399 0-19-829645-2 On 27 November 1967, just days after he took his presidential oath at the Gabonese embassy, M'ba died from cancer, and was succeeded by Albert-Bernard Bongo. The following year, Bongo declared his Gabonese Democratic Party (the renamed BDG) to be the only legally permitted party. Results President Léon M'ba Gabonese Democratic Bloc 346587 313 348942 Nohlen et al. National Assembly Gabonese Democratic Bloc 346587 47 +16 313 0 348942 Nohlen et al. References General Gabon Category:Parliamentary elections in Gabon Category:Single-candidate elections Category:One-party elections Category:Presidential elections in Gabon Category:March 1967 in Africa