1968 Senegalese general election

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25 February 1968

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Presidential election

Turnout

94.69%


Candidate	Léopold Sédar Senghor
Party	UPS
Popular vote	1,229,927
Percentage	100%

President before election

Léopold Sédar Senghor
UPS

Elected President

Léopold Sédar Senghor
UPS

Parliamentary election

Turnout

93.03%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	UPS	Léopold Sédar Senghor	100	80	0

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

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General elections were held in Senegal on 25 February 1968 to elect a President and National Assembly. After a series of party mergers, the country had become 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 80 UPS candidates to vote for. Voter turnout was 95% in the presidential election and 93% in the National Assembly election.

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Senegalese Progressive Union	1,229,927	100.00
Total			1,229,927	100.00

Valid votes			1,229,927	99.39
Invalid/blank votes			7,504	0.61
Total votes			1,237,431	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,306,791	94.69
Source: Sternberger et al.

National Assembly



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Senegalese Progressive Union	1,209,984	100.00	80	0
Total		1,209,984	100.00	80	0

Valid votes		1,209,984	99.53
Invalid/blank votes		5,746	0.47
Total votes		1,215,730	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,306,791	93.03
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

^ Elections in Senegal African Elections Database
Senegal Inter-Parliamentary Union
Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1861

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