1978 Rwandan presidential election

none 1978 Rwandan presidential election Rwanda 1962 presidential no 1969 Rwandan general election 1969 1983 Rwandan presidential election 1983 24 December 1978 140x140px Juvénal Habyarimana 000000 MRND 98.99% President Juvénal Habyarimana MRND Juvénal Habyarimana MRND Presidential elections were held in Rwanda on 24 December 1978, a week after the country's new constitution was approved in a referendum. The constitution had made the country a one-party state with the National Revolutionary Movement for Development (MRND) the sole legal party. Its leader, incumbent President Juvénal Habyarimana, who had taken power in the 1973 coup d'état, was the only candidate. The results showed 99% of votes in favour of his candidacy.Elections in Rwanda https://web.archive.org/web/20200822214506/http://africanelections.tripod.com/rw.html 2020-08-22 African Elections Database Results Juvénal Habyarimana MRND 98.99 Against 1.01 African Elections Database References Category:Presidential elections in Rwanda Category:1978 in Rwanda Category:One-party elections Rwanda Category:Single-candidate elections Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:December 1978 in Africa