1964 Central African presidential election

First Central African presidential election Central African Republic presidential 1981 Central African presidential election 1981 5 January 1964 93.81% David Dacko 1962-08-08.jpg David Dacko Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa 682,607 99.97% 1964 Central African Republic presidential election - Results by prefecture.svg Results by prefecture(percentage for Dacko out of the total registered voters) President of the Provisional Government Elected President David Dacko Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa David Dacko Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa Presidential elections were held for the first time in the Central African Republic on 5 January 1964. In December 1963 the Parliament had formally adopted a constitutional amendment that set the presidential term at seven years.Milutin Tomanović (1965) Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1964, Institute of International Politics and Economics, p224 (in Serbo-Croatian) The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa (MESAN) as the sole legal party. Its leader, incumbent President David Dacko, was the only candidate, and won with 99.97% of the vote and a 94% turnout.Elections in the Central African Republic https://web.archive.org/web/20110927011632/http://africanelections.tripod.com/cf.html 2011-09-27 African Elections Database After his victory Dacko formed new government on 11 January 1964, in which he kept positions of Head of Government and the Minister of Defense for himself, while former Minister of Justice Antoine Guimali was appointed as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs. Dacko also expressed his intention to keep close relations with France and stated that the military would participate in future infrastructure building projects. In his victory speech to Parliament, Dacko also stated that it was "completely normal for national wealth of the country to be exploited or used by the state, alone or in cooperation with private capital". Results David Dacko MESAN 682607 Against 215 4007 732139 Sternberger et al.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2467 de References Central Africa Category:Presidential elections in the Central African Republic President Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Category:January 1964 in Africa