Upper Voltan parliamentary election, 1965

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Upper Volta on 7 November 1965. The country had been a one-party state since 1960, with the Voltaic Democratic Union-African Democratic Rally as the sole legal party. It therefore won all 75 seats in the National Assembly.^[1] Voter turnout was 97.4%.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Voltaic Democratic Union-African Democratic Rally	2,131,950	100	75
Invalid/blank votes	468	–	–
Total	2,132,418	100	75
Registered voters/turnout	2,188,241	97.4	–
Source: Sternberger et al.^[3]

↑ Elections in Burkina Faso African Elections Database
↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p133 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
↑ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1588

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