1969 Rwandan general election

none Rwanda 1962 29 September 1969 yes Presidential election presidential 1965 Rwandan general election 1965 1978 Rwandan presidential election 1978 Grégoire Kayibanda (cropped).jpg Grégoire Kayibanda MDR-Parmehutu 1,426,159 100% President Grégoire Kayibanda MDR-Parmehutu Grégoire Kayibanda MDR-Parmehutu General elections were held in Rwanda on 29 September 1969. 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 presidential election.Elections in Rwanda https://web.archive.org/web/20200822214506/http://africanelections.tripod.com/rw.html 2020-08-22 African Elections Database Voter turnout was 90.9%.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 1426159 Against 542 8276 1578704 Nohlen et al. Legislative Assembly MDR-Parmehutu 1426701 47 0 8276 0 1578704 Sternberger et al. References General Rwanda Category:Single-candidate elections Category:Presidential elections in Rwanda Category:Parliamentary elections in Rwanda