Dahomeyan presidential election, May 1968

Presidential elections were 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 5 May 1968. Basile Adjou won with 84% of the vote, but the results were invalidated due to insufficient voter turnout (turnout was just 27%). A referendum

Dahomeyan presidential election, July 1968

A plebiscite on the candidate for president was held in Dahomey on 28 July 1968. The results of the May 1968 presidential election had been annulled due to low voter turnout. The military government appointed Émile Derlin Zinsou to the position, but he accepted only on the condition that a...

on 28 July resulted in 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...

being confirmed as president.

Results

Candidate	Votes	%
Basile Adjou	241,273	84.0
Urbain Karim da Silva	19,319	6.7
Eustache Prudencio	11,359	3.9
Paul Hazoumé	11,091	3.9
Jean-Baptiste Vierin	4,350	1.5
Invalid/blank votes	8,275
Total	295,667	100
Source: Nohlen et al

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