1969 Rwandan general election
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General elections were held in Rwanda on 29 September 1969. At the time, the country was a one-party state with MDR-Parmehutu as the sole legal party. Its leader, Grégoire Kayibanda, ran unopposed in the presidential election.[1] Voter turnout was 90.9%.[2]
Electoral system
The 47 members of the National Assembly elections were elected in ten multi-member constituencies. Voters could approve the entire MDR-Parmehutu list, or give a preferential vote to a single candidate.[3]
Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Grégoire Kayibanda | MDR-Parmehutu | 1,426,159 | 99.96 | |
Against | 542 | 0.04 | ||
Total | 1,426,701 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,426,701 | 99.42 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 8,276 | 0.58 | ||
Total votes | 1,434,977 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,578,704 | 90.90 | ||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
Legislative Assembly
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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MDR-Parmehutu | 1,426,701 | 100.00 | 47 | 0 | |
Total | 1,426,701 | 100.00 | 47 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,426,701 | 99.42 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 8,276 | 0.58 | |||
Total votes | 1,434,977 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,578,704 | 90.90 | |||
Source: Sternberger et al. |
References
- ^ Elections in Rwanda African Elections Database
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p735 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1720