Dahomeyan presidential election, May 1968

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Presidential elections were held in Dahomey (now Benin) 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%).^[1][2] A referendum on 28 July resulted in Émile Derlin Zinsou 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

References

1. ^ Elections in Benin African Elections Database
2. ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p93 ISBN 0198296452