1982 Malagasy presidential election

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Nominee	Didier Ratsiraka	Monja Jaona
Party	AREMA	MONIMA
Popular vote	3,192,156	789,869
Percentage	80.16%	19.84%

President before election

Didier Ratsiraka
AREMA

Elected President

Didier Ratsiraka
AREMA

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Presidential elections were held in Madagascar on 7 November 1982. Incumbent President Didier Ratsiraka of AREMA won with over 80% of the vote. Voter turnout was 86.75%.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Didier Ratsiraka	AREMA	3,192,156	80.16
	Monja Jaona	Madagascar for the Malagasy	789,869	19.84
Total			3,982,025	100.00

Valid votes			3,982,025	96.66
Invalid/blank votes			137,571	3.34
Total votes			4,119,596	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,749,054	86.75
Source: EISA

References

"Elections in Madagascar". African Elections Database.
Madagascar: 1982 Presidential election results EISA

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