1961 Guinean presidential election

15 January 1961

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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.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ahmed Sekou Touré	Democratic Party of Guinea	1,576,580	100.00
Total			1,576,580	100.00

Valid votes			1,576,580	99.99
Invalid/blank votes			167	0.01
Total votes			1,576,747	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,586,544	99.38
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

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

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