1965 Malagasy parliamentary election

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1965 Malagasy parliamentary election
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  1960 8 August 1965 1970  

All 107 seats in the National Assembly
54 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Philibert Tsiranana 1962-08-29.jpg 3x4.svg
Leader Philibert Tsiranana
Party PSD AKFM
Last election769
Seats won1043
Seat changeIncrease2.svg28Decrease2.svg6
Popular vote2,277,05568,794
Percentage94.58%2.86%
SwingIncrease2.svg32.98ppDecrease2.svg7.84pp

Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 8 August 1965. [1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, which won 104 of the 107 seats (reduced from 127) in the National Assembly.

Results

Malagasy Parliament 1965.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party 2,277,05594.58104+28
Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar 68,7942.863–6
Others61,7752.570–42
Total2,407,624100.00107–20
Valid votes2,431,88798.64
Invalid/blank votes33,6491.36
Total votes2,465,536100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,610,93094.43
Source: EISA [lower-alpha 1]
  1. There is a difference of 24,263 between the total number of votes for parties and the total number of valid votes.

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