1965 Cameroonian presidential election

23 March 1965

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President before election

Ahmadou Ahidjo
UNC

Elected President

Ahmadou Ahidjo
UNC

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Presidential elections were held in Cameroon on 23 March 1965. Incumbent Ahmadou Ahidjo was the only candidate, and won 100% of the vote as the candidate of the Cameroonian Union-Kamerun National Democratic Party alliance. Voter turnout was 95%.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ahmadou Ahidjo	UC–KNDP	2,700,697	100.00
Total			2,700,697	100.00

Valid votes			2,700,697	99.95
Invalid/blank votes			1,401	0.05
Total votes			2,702,098	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,842,515	95.06
Source: Nohlen et al.

Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p183 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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