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]

Results


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.

^ 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

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