1973 Senegalese general election

none Senegal 28 January 1973 1968 Senegalese general election 1968 1978 Senegalese general election 1978 yes Presidential election 96.99% UNESCO_History,_Visite_de_S._Exc._M._Léopold_Sedar_Senghor,_Président_de_la_République_du_Sénégal_-_UNESCO_-_PHOTO0000002688_0001_(cropped).tiff Léopold Sédar Senghor UPS 1,357,056 100% President Léopold Sédar Senghor UPS Léopold Sédar Senghor UPS yes Parliamentary election 96.90% UPS Léopold Sédar Senghor 100 100 80 General elections were held in Senegal on 28 January 1973 to elect a President and National Assembly. At the time the country was a one-party state, with the Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) as the sole legal party, As a result, its leader, Léopold Sédar Senghor, was the only candidate in the presidential election and was re-elected unopposed.Elections in Senegal https://web.archive.org/web/20180831074737/http://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html 2018-08-31 African Elections Database In the National Assembly election, voters were presented with a list of 100 UPS candidates (for the 100 seats) to vote for.Senegal Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was 97%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p765–770 0-19-829645-2 Results President Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegalese Progressive Union 1357056 303 1399433 Nohlen et al. National Assembly File:Senegal Assemblee 1973.svg Senegalese Progressive Union 1355306 100 +20 793 +20 1399433 Nohlen et al. References Senegal Category:Parliamentary elections in Senegal General Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Category:Presidential elections in Senegal