1968_Guinean_general_election

1968 Guinean general election

1968 Guinean general election

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General elections were held in Guinea on 1 January 1968 to elect a President and National Assembly. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally as the sole legal party.[1] Its leader Ahmed Sékou Touré was re-elected President unopposed, whilst in the National Assembly elections the party produced a list of 75 candidates for the 75 seats, which voters were asked to approve.[2] Voter turnout was 99.7%.[3]

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  1. Elections in Guinea African Elections Database
  2. Guinea Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p452 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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