1973 Senegalese general election

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28 January 1973

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Presidential election

Turnout

96.99%


Candidate	Léopold Sédar Senghor
Party	UPS
Popular vote	1,357,056
Percentage	100%

President before election

Léopold Sédar Senghor
UPS

Elected President

Léopold Sédar Senghor
UPS

Parliamentary election

Turnout

96.90%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	UPS	Léopold Sédar Senghor	100	100	+20

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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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. In the National Assembly election, voters were presented with a list of 100 UPS candidates (for the 100 seats) to vote for. Voter turnout was 97%.

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Senegalese Progressive Union	1,357,056	100.00
Total			1,357,056	100.00

Valid votes			1,357,056	99.98
Invalid/blank votes			303	0.02
Total votes			1,357,359	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,399,433	96.99
Source: Nohlen et al.

National Assembly



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Senegalese Progressive Union	1,355,306	100.00	100	+20
Total		1,355,306	100.00	100	+20

Valid votes		1,355,306	99.94
Invalid/blank votes		793	0.06
Total votes		1,356,099	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,399,433	96.90
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

Elections in Senegal African Elections Database
Senegal Inter-Parliamentary Union
Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p765–770 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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