Dahomeyan presidential election, May 1968

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Presidential elections were held in Dahomey on 5 May 1968. Basile Adjou won with 84% of the vote, but the results were invalidated due to insufficient voter turnout (turnout was just 26%).[1][2] A referendum on 28 July resulted in Émile Derlin Zinsou being confirmed as president.

Results

Candidate Votes %
Basile Adjou241,27384.0
Urbain Karim da Silva19,3196.7
Eustache Prudencio11,3593.9
Paul Hazoumé11,0913.9
Jean-Baptiste Vierin4,3501.5
Invalid/blank votes8,275
Total295,667100
Registered voters/turnout1,138,38826.0
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Elections in Benin African Elections Database
  2. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p93 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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