1968 Senegalese general election

none Senegal 25 February 1968 1963 Senegalese general election 1963 1973 Senegalese general election 1973 yes Presidential election 94.69% 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 1,229,927 100% President Léopold Sédar Senghor UPS Léopold Sédar Senghor UPS yes Parliamentary election 93.03% UPS Léopold Sédar Senghor 100 80 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.Elections in Senegal https://web.archive.org/web/20180831074737/http://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html 2018-08-31 African Elections Database In the National Assembly election, voters were presented with a list of 80 UPS candidates to vote for.Senegal Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was 95% in the presidential election and 93% in the National Assembly election. Results President Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegalese Progressive Union 1229927 7504 1306791 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 1209984 80 0 5746 0 1306791 Sternberger et al. References Senegal Category:Parliamentary elections in Senegal General Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Category:Presidential elections in Senegal Senegal