1965 Rwandan general election

none Rwanda 1962 1961 Rwandan parliamentary election 1961 1969 Rwandan general election 1969 10 March 1965 yes Presidential election presidential Grégoire Kayibanda (cropped).jpg Grégoire Kayibanda MDR-Parmehutu 1,236,654 100% President Grégoire Kayibanda MDR-Parmehutu Grégoire Kayibanda MDR-Parmehutu File:Assemblee Rwanda 1965-69.svg General elections were held in Rwanda on 10 March 1965, the first direct one in the country and the first since independence in 1962. At the time, the country was a one-party state with MDR-Parmehutu as the sole legal party. Its leader, Grégoire Kayibanda, ran unopposed in the country's first election for President.Elections in Rwanda http://africanelections.tripod.com/rw.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200428160124/http://africanelections.tripod.com/rw.html 2020-04-28 2026-05-27 africanelections.tripod.com Voter turnout was 88%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p735 0-19-829645-2 Electoral system The 47 members of the National Assembly elections were elected in ten multi-member constituencies. Voters could approve the entire MDR-Parmehutu list, or give a preferential vote to a single candidate.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1720 Results President Grégoire Kayibanda MDR-Parmehutu 1236654 24804 1440440 Nohlen et al. National Assembly MDR-Parmehutu 1231788 47 +12 28255 +3 1440440 Sternberger et al. References General Rwanda Category:One-party elections Category:Presidential elections in Rwanda Category:Parliamentary elections in Rwanda