A plebiscite on the candidate for president was held in Dahomey

Dahomey

Dahomey was a country in west Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independent Republic of Dahomey...

 (now Benin

Benin

Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

) on 28 July 1968. The results of the May 1968 presidential election

Dahomeyan presidential election, May 1968

Presidential elections were held in Dahomey on 5 May 1968. Basile Adjou won with 84% of the vote, but the results were invalidated due to insufficient voter turnout . A referendum on 28 July resulted in Émile Derlin Zinsou being confirmed as president.-Results:...

 had been annulled due to low voter turnout. The military government appointed Émile Derlin Zinsou

Emile Derlin Zinsou

Emile Derlin Zinsou is a Beninese political figure who was the President of Dahomey from 17 July 1968 until 10 December 1969, supported by the military regime that took power in 1967. Zinsou also served in the French senate from 1955 to 1958. He was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs from...

to the position, but he accepted only on the condition that a plebiscite regarding his appointment be held. In the plebiscite, his candidacy was supported by 76.4% of voters, with a 72.6% turnout.

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	630,018	76.4
No	194,789	23.6
Invalid/blank votes	3,269
Total	828,076	100
Source: Nohlen et al