Central African presidential election, 1964

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Presidential elections were held for the first time in the Central African Republic on 5 January 1964. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa (MESAN) as the sole legal party. Its leader, incumbent President David Dacko, was the only candidate, and won with 99.97% of the vote and a 93.8% turnout.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
David Dacko	Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa	682,607	99.97
Against		215	0.03
Invalid/blank votes		4,007	–
Total		686,829	100
Registered voters/turnout		732,139	93.81
Source: Sternberger et al.^[2]

References

↑ Elections in the Central African Republic African Elections Database
↑ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2467 (German)

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