1968 Spanish Guinean general election

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1968 Spanish Guinean general election
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Registered137,755
Presidential election
22 September 1968 (first round)
29 September 1968 (second round)
1989  
Turnout67.48% (first round)
79.20% (second round)
  Don Francisco Macias.jpg Bonifacio Ondo Edu.jpg
Candidate Francisco Macías Nguema Bonifacio Ondó Edú
Party IPGE MUNGE
Popular vote68,31041,254
Percentage62.35%37.65%

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Elecciones presidenciales de Guinea Ecuatorial de 1968 - Resultados por distrito (segunda vuelta).svg

Elected President

Francisco Macías Nguema
Popular Idea

Parliamentary election
  1964 22 September 1968 1973  

All 35 seats in the National Assembly
18 seats needed for a majority
PartyVote %Seats
National Liberation Movement 46.5016
National Unity Movement 38.9910
Popular Idea 9.112
Bubi Union 5.407
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results by constituency.

General elections were held in Spanish Guinea on 22 September 1968 to elect a President and National Assembly that would lead the country when it gained independence as Equatorial Guinea later that year. A second round of the presidential election was held on 29 September.

Contents

Francisco Macías Nguema of the Popular Idea led the field in the first round, advancing to a runoff with Prime Minister Bonifacio Ondó Edú. With the endorsement of eliminated candidates Atanasio Ndongo and Edmundo Bossio, Macías Nguema defeated Ondó Edú in the runoff. Ondó Edú's National Unity Movement and Ndongo's National Liberation Movement won ten seats each in the National Assembly, while the Popular Idea won eight. [1] Voter turnout was 67 percent in the first round and 79 percent in the second round.

After Macias Nguema's victory, he appointed Ndongo as Equatorial Guinea's first Foreign Minister and Bossio as Vice-President, while he ordered Ondó Edú's execution shortly after independence. To date, it has been the only free election ever held in Equatorial Guinea. Over the next four years, Macias Nguema consolidated his power step by step; in 1970 he set up the United National Workers' Party as the only legally permitted party in the country and by 1972 he had declared himself President for Life with dictatorial powers. As a result, the 1968 elections would be the last contested elections held in the country until 1993.

Results

President

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Francisco Macías Nguema Popular Idea 36,71640.0568,31062.35
Bonifacio Ondó Edú National Unity Movement  [ es ]31,94134.8441,25437.65
Atanasio Ndongo National Liberation Movement 18,22319.88
Edmundo Bossio Bubi Union  [ es ]4,7955.23
Total91,675100.00109,564100.00
Valid votes91,67598.62109,56499.51
Invalid/blank votes1,2811.385370.49
Total votes92,956100.00110,101100.00
Registered voters/turnout137,75567.48137,75579.93
Source: African Elections Database

First round results by region

DistrictInvalid/blankBosióOndóNdongoMacías
Fernando Po214,7953513,970373
Annobón0057510
Río Muni1256031,01513,97636,329
Corisco y Elobeyes40027614
Total1,2814,79531,94118,22336,716
Source: Álvarez Chillida

Second round results by region

DistrictInvalid/blankOndóMacías
Fernando Po93389,259
Annobón07151
Río Muni52840,19758,708
Corisco y Elobeyes04342
Total53741,25468,310
Source: Álvarez Chillida

First round results by district

DistrictInvalid/blankBosióOndóNdongoMacías
San Carlos111,8287469730
San Fernando01914066449
Santa Isabel102,7762372,609294
Annobón0057510
Acurenam1403,56743785
Bata32014394,8182,438
Ebebiyín47102,73919712,207
Evinayong1010,45418062
Micomeseng27201,5191216946
Mongomo901116334,787
N'sorc3702,2611371,850
Puerto Iradier906154,31427
Río Benito33101,6803,05550
Niefang3703,3955463397
Valladolid4302,2301494480
Corisco y Elobeyes40027614
Total1,2814,79531,94118,22336,716
Source: Álvarez Chillida

Second round results by district

DistrictInvalid/blankOndóMacías
San Carlos2672,780
San Fernando048844
Santa Isabel72235,635
Annobón07151
Acurenam494,376425
Bata542,2887,990
Ebebiyín247310714,238
Evinayong51204774
Micomeseng81,6508,149
Mongomo501,2905,863
N'sorc473,5942,553
Puerto Iradier331,1505,482
Río Benito22,9773,763
Niefang214,7014,381
Valladolid123,0175,790
Corisco y Elobeyes04342
Total53741,25468,310
Source: Álvarez Chillida

National Assembly

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PartyVotes%Seats
National Unity Movement (Pro-Ondó faction) 31,93634.6410
National Liberation Movement (Pro-Macías faction) 24,67626.776
National Liberation Movement (Pro-Ndongo faction) 18,19119.7310
Popular Idea 8,3979.112
Bubi Union 4,9755.407
National Unity Movement (Pro-Macías faction) 4,0104.350
Total92,185100.0035
Source: African Elections Database, Álvarez Chillida

Votes by constituency

Constituency MUN
(Pro-Ondó)
MONALIGE (Pro-Macías) MONALIGE (Pro-Ndongo) IP UB MUN
(Pro-Macías)
Fernando Po3473.73814.03,97441.84,97550.5
Annobón57599.810.2
Río Muni31,01438.024,28129.713,94017.18,39710.34,0104.9
Corisco y Elobeyes144.927695.1

Seats by constituency

ConstituencyTotal
seats
Seats won
MUN
(Pro-Ondó)
MONALIGE (Pro-Macías) MONALIGE (Pro-Ndongo) IP UB
Fernando Po1257
Annobón22
Río Muni198632
Corisco y Elobeyes22
Total351061027

Elected members

References

  1. Elections in Equatorial Guinea African Elections Database
  2. Rafael de Mendizábal Allende (2018) Misión en África. La descolonización de Guinea Ecuatorial (1968-1969) p102
  3. Africa; revista de acción española, Volume 25, p24