Burundian presidential election, 1984

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Presidential elections were held for the first time in Burundi in July 1984. Incumbent Jean-Baptiste Bagaza of the Union for National Progress (then the sole legal party) was the only candidate, and was re-elected with 99.63% of the vote.^[1] Voter turnout was 98.3%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza	Union for National Progress	1,752,579	99.6
Against			0.4
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total		1,758,804	100
Registered voters/turnout		1,788,493	98.3
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Elections in Burundi African Elections Database
↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p162 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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