1970 Ivorian general election

none Ivory Coast 29 November 1970 1965 Ivorian general election 1965 1975 Ivorian general election 1975 yes presidential Presidential election Félix Houphouët-Boigny Félix Houphouët-Boigny 1962-07-16 (cropped).jpg Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally 2,003,046 100% yes Parliamentary election 98.99% yes All 100 seats in the National Assembly 51 Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally 100 100 85 General elections were held in Ivory Coast on 29 November 1970 to elect a President and National Assembly. At the time the country was a one-party state with the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA) as the sole legal party. Its leader Félix Houphouët-Boigny was elected president unopposed,Elections in Côte d'Ivoire https://web.archive.org/web/20110514094239/http://africanelections.tripod.com/ci.html 2011-05-14 African Elections Database whilst in the National Assembly election, a list of 100 PDCI-RDA candidates (chosen from 650 applicants by the party's executive authorities) for the 100 seats (increased from 85 at the previous elections) was presented to the electorate for approval.Ivory Coast Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was reported to be 98.9% in the parliamentary election and 99.2% in the presidential election.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, pp309-310 0-19-829645-2 Results President Félix Houphouët-Boigny Democratic Party of Ivory Coast 2003046 668 2020000 Nohlen et al. National Assembly Democratic Party of Ivory Coast 1997560 100 +15 2083 +15 2020000 Nohlen et al. References Ivory General Category:Presidential elections in Ivory Coast Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Category:Parliamentary elections in Ivory Coast Ivory Ivory