General elections were held in Senegal on 28 January 1973 to elect a President and National Assembly. At the time the country was a one-party state, with the Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) as the sole legal party, As a result, its leader, Léopold Sédar Senghor, was the only candidate in the presidential election and was re-elected unopposed. In the National Assembly election, voters were presented with a list of 100 UPS candidates (for the 100 seats) to vote for. Voter turnout was 97%.
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Turnout | 96.99% | |||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 96.90% | |||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Léopold Sédar Senghor | Senegalese Progressive Union | 1,357,056 | 100.00 | |
Total | 1,357,056 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,357,056 | 99.98 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 303 | 0.02 | ||
Total votes | 1,357,359 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,399,433 | 96.99 | ||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
National Assembly
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Senegalese Progressive Union | 1,355,306 | 100.00 | 100 | +20 | |
Total | 1,355,306 | 100.00 | 100 | +20 | |
Valid votes | 1,355,306 | 99.94 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 793 | 0.06 | |||
Total votes | 1,356,099 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,399,433 | 96.90 | |||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
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