1964 Tunisian general election

none 8 November 1964 Tunisia 1964 1959 Tunisian general election 1959 1969 Tunisian general election 1969 yes presidential Presidential election Habib Bourguiba Portrait.jpg Habib Bourguiba Socialist Destourian Party 1,255,153 100% President Elected President Habib Bourguiba PSD Habib Bourguiba PSD General elections were held in Tunisia on 8 November 1964 to elect a President and Chamber of Deputies. A year earlier, the country had been formally declared a one-party state with the Socialist Destourian Party (PSD, formerly the Neo Destour) as the sole legal party.Tunisia p37 However, the country had effectively been a one-party state since independence in 1956. In the presidential election, incumbent Habib Bourguiba was re-elected unopposed; as the chairman of the PSD, he was the only candidate for president. In the Chamber election, voters were presented with a single list from the PSD, which won all 101 seats.Profile - Tunisia INADEV Voter turnout was 96.8%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p918 0-19-829645-2 Results President Habib Bourguiba Socialist Destourian Party 1255153 2794 1301534 Nohlen et al. Chamber of Deputies Socialist Destourian Party 1255153 101 2794 1301534 Nohlen et al. References Tunisia Category:Elections in Tunisia General Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Category:Presidential elections in Tunisia Tunisia