General elections were held in Spanish Guinea on 22 September 1968 to elect a President and National Assembly that would lead the country when it gained independence as Equatorial Guinea later that year. A second round of the presidential election was held on 29 September.
1968 Spanish Guinean general election Registered 137,755
Presidential election
Turnout 67.48% (first round)
Parliamentary election
National Assembly
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Francisco Macías Nguema of the Popular Idea led the field in the first round, advancing to a runoff with Prime Minister Bonifacio Ondó Edú . With the endorsement of eliminated candidates Atanasio Ndongo and Edmundo Bossio , Macías Nguema defeated Ondó Edú in the runoff. Ondó Edú's National Unity Movement and Ndongo's National Liberation Movement won ten seats each in the National Assembly, while the Popular Idea won eight.[ 1]
After Macias Nguema's victory, he appointed Ndongo as Equatorial Guinea's first Foreign Minister and Bossio as Vice-President, while he ordered Ondó Edú's execution shortly after independence. To date, it has been the only free election ever held in Equatorial Guinea. Over the next four years, Macias Nguema consolidated his power step by step; in 1970 he set up the United National Workers' Party as the only legally permitted party in the country and by 1972 he had declared himself President for Life with dictatorial powers. As a result, the 1968 elections would be the last contested elections held in the country until 1993 .
Candidate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Francisco Macías Nguema Popular Idea 36,716 40.05 68,310 62.92 Bonifacio Ondó Edú National Unity Movement [es ] 31,941 34.84 40,254 37.08 Atanasio Ndongo National Liberation Movement 18,223 19.88 Edmundo Bossio Bubi Union [es ] 4,795 5.23 Total 91,675 100.00 108,564 100.00 Valid votes 91,675 98.62 108,564 99.51 Invalid/blank votes 1,281 1.38 537 0.49 Total votes 92,956 100.00 109,101 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 137,755 67.48 137,755 79.20 Source: African Elections Database
First round results by district
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District
Invalid/blank
Bosió
Ondó
Ndongo
Macías
San Carlos
11
1828
74
697
30
San Fernando
0
191
40
664
49
Santa Isabel
10
2776
237
2609
294
Annobón
0
0
575
1
0
Acurenam
14
0
3567
437
85
Bata
32
0
1439
4818
2438
Ebebiyín
471
0
2739
197
12207
Evinayong
1
0
10454
180
62
Micomeseng
272
0
1519
121
6946
Mongomo
9
0
1116
33
4787
N'sorc
37
0
2261
137
1850
Puerto Iradier
9
0
615
4314
27
Río Benito
331
0
1680
3055
50
Niefang
37
0
3395
546
3397
Valladolid
43
0
2230
149
4480
Corisco y Elobeyes
4
0
0
276
14
Total
1281
4795
31941
18223
36716
Source: Álvarez Chillida
Second round results by district
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District
Invalid/blank
Ondó
Macías
San Carlos
2
67
2780
San Fernando
0
48
844
Santa Isabel
7
223
5635
Annobón
0
715
1
Acurenam
49
4376
425
Bata
54
2288
7990
Ebebiyín
247
3107
14238
Evinayong
5
12047
74
Micomeseng
8
1650
8149
Mongomo
50
1290
5863
N'sorc
47
3594
2553
Puerto Iradier
33
1150
5482
Río Benito
2
2977
3763
Niefang
21
4701
4381
Valladolid
12
3017
5790
Corisco y Elobeyes
0
4
342
Total
537
41254
68310
Source: Álvarez Chillida
