1973 Gabonese general election

none 23 February 1973 Gabon yes Presidential election presidential 97.75% 1967 Gabonese general election 1967 1979 Gabonese presidential election 1979 Omar Bongo 1973.jpg Omar Bongo Gabonese Democratic Party 515,841 100% President Omar Bongo Gabonese Democratic Party Omar Bongo Gabonese Democratic Party General elections were held in Gabon on 25 February 1973 to elect a President and the National Assembly. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) as the sole legal party. PDG leader and incumbent president Omar Bongo was the only candidate in the presidential election, and was unopposed for a full term.Elections in Gabon https://web.archive.org/web/20180913155913/http://africanelections.tripod.com/ga.html 2018-09-13 African Elections Database Bongo had ascended as president after Léon M'ba died just days after swearing-in for a second term in 1967; Bongo had declared the PDG to be the only legally permitted party a year later. In the National Assembly election, voters were presented with a single list of 70 PDG candidates, one for each seat in the expanded Assembly.Gabon Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was allegedly 97.8%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p403 0-19-829645-2 Results President Omar Bongo Gabonese Democratic Party 515841 2091 529828 Nohlen et al. National Assembly Gabonese Democratic Party 515841 70 +23 +23 2091 529828 Nohlen et al. References General Gabon Category:Parliamentary elections in Gabon Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Category:Presidential elections in Gabon Category:February 1973 in Africa