1961 Republic of the Congo presidential election

none Presidential elections were held in the Republic of the Congo for the first time on 26 March 1961. The only candidate was the incumbent president Fulbert Youlou of the Democratic Union for the Defense of African Interests, who was re-elected unopposed.Elections in Congo-Brazzaville https://web.archive.org/web/20111007025025/http://africanelections.tripod.com/cg.html 2011-10-07 African Elections Database Voter turnout was 90.3%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Benrhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p273 0-19-829645-2 Results Fulbert Youlou Democratic Union for the Defense of African Interests 405589 10254 460270 Nohlen et al. References Category:Presidential elections in the Republic of the Congo Congo Presidential Category:Single-candidate elections