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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Results
editPresident
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Sékou Touré | Democratic Party of Guinea | 1,990,726 | 100.00 | |
| Total | 1,990,726 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,990,726 | 99.99 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 103 | 0.01 | ||
| Total votes | 1,990,829 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,996,926 | 99.69 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
National Assembly
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Guinea | 1,990,726 | 100.00 | 75 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,990,726 | 100.00 | 75 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 1,990,726 | 99.99 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 103 | 0.01 | |||
| Total votes | 1,990,829 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,996,926 | 99.69 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
edit- ^ Elections in Guinea African Elections Database
- ^ Guinea Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p452 ISBN 0-19-829645-2