1979 Togolese general election

none January 2023 Togo presidential 1963 Togolese general election 1963 1986 Togolese presidential election 1986 yes 1979 12 30 Gnassingbé Eyadema, 1972 cropped.jpg Gnassingbé Eyadéma Rally of the Togolese People 1,296,584 100% President Gnassingbé Eyadéma Gnassingbé Eyadéma Rally of the Togolese People Rally of the Togolese People General elections were held in Togo on 30 December 1979, alongside a constitutional referendum that confirmed the country's status as a one-party state. Gnassingbé Eyadéma, who had led a coup in 1967, was elected President unopposed,Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p905 0-19-829645-2 whilst the Rally of the Togolese People (the sole legal party) won all 67 seats in the National Assembly as its list of 67 candidates was approved by voters.Elections in Togo https://web.archive.org/web/20130306032004/http://africanelections.tripod.com/tg.html 6 March 2013 African Elections Database Voter turnout was reported to be 99.3% in the parliamentary election and 99.4% in the presidential election. Results President Gnassingbé Eyadéma Rally of the Togolese People 1296584 267 1303970 Nohlen et al. National Assembly File:Togo Assemblee 1979.svg Rally of the Togolese People 1250942 67 43301 1303970 Nohlen et al. References Togo General Category:Elections in Togo Category:Single-candidate elections Category:One-party elections Category:Presidential elections in Togo Togo