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1961 Guinean presidential election

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1961 Guinean presidential election
Guinea
15 January 1961 1968 →

Presidential elections were held in Guinea for the first time on 15 January 1961. Incumbent Ahmed Sékou Touré, who had automatically become President when the country gained independence in 1958, was the only candidate (as the country as a one-party state with his Democratic Party of Guinea as the sole legal party at the time), and was re-elected unopposed.[1]

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Ahmed Sekou TouréDemocratic Party of Guinea1,576,580100.00
Total1,576,580100.00
Valid votes1,576,58099.99
Invalid/blank votes1670.01
Total votes1,576,747100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,586,54499.38
Source: Sternberger et al.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Elections in Guinea African Elections Database
  2. ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p839