Upper Voltan presidential election, 1965

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Presidential elections were held for the first time in the Republic of Upper Volta on 3 October 1965, as previously the President had been appointed by the National Assembly. At the time, the country was a one-party state, with the Voltaic Democratic Union-African Democratic Rally as the sole legal party. Its leader, Maurice Yaméogo, was the only candidate, and was re-elected with 100% of the vote. Voter turnout was 98.4%.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Maurice Yaméogo	Voltaic Democratic Union-African Democratic Rally	2,146,481	100
Invalid/blank votes		309	–
Total		2,146,790	100
Registered voters/turnout		2,182,425	98.4
Source: Sternberger et al.^[2]

References

↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p145 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
↑ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1586

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