1963 Senegalese general election

none Senegal 1 December 1963 1959 Senegalese parliamentary election 1959 1968 Senegalese general election 1968 yes Presidential election 86.29% UNESCO History, Visite de S. Exc. M. Léopold Sedar Senghor, Président de la République du Sénégal - UNESCO - PHOTO0000002688 0001 (cropped).tiff Léopold Sédar Senghor UPS 1,149,935 100% President Léopold Sédar Senghor UPS Léopold Sédar Senghor UPS yes Parliamentary election 89.86% UPS Léopold Sédar Senghor 94.20 80 80 General elections were held in Senegal on 1 December 1963. It was the first time the president had been directly elected. However, incumbent Léopold Sédar Senghor of the Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed. The UPS also won all 80 seats in the National Assembly with 94% of the vote.Elections in Senegal https://web.archive.org/web/20180831074737/http://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html 2018-08-31 African Elections Database Voter turnout was around 86% for the presidential election and 90% for the Assembly election. Results President Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegalese Progressive Union 1149935 6124 1339679 Sternberger et al.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1861 National Assembly File:Senegal Assemblee 1963.svg Senegalese Progressive Union 1132518 80 0 Senegalese Democracy and Unity 69776 0 0 1488 0 1339679 Sternberger et al. References Further reading Donal Cruise O'Brien Political opposition in Senegal: 1960–67 Government and Opposition 2 4 557–566 10.1111/j.1477-7053.1967.tb01185.x 1967 145225674 Senegal Category:Parliamentary elections in Senegal General Category:Single-candidate elections Category:Presidential elections in Senegal Senegal