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1973 Senegalese general election
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General elections were held in Senegal on 28 January 1973 to elect a President and National Assembly. At the time the country was a one-party state, with the Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) as the sole legal party, As a result, its leader, Léopold Sédar Senghor, was the only candidate in the presidential election and was re-elected unopposed.[1] In the National Assembly election, voters were presented with a list of 100 UPS candidates (for the 100 seats) to vote for.[2] Voter turnout was 97%.[3]
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Presidential election | ||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 96.99% | |||||||||||||||
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Parliamentary election | ||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 96.90% | |||||||||||||||
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