1965 Malagasy presidential election

1965 Malagasy presidential election

30 March 1965

Nominee Philibert Tsiranana Joseph Raseta Party PSD NMU Popular vote 2,451,441 54,814 Percentage 97.78% 2.19%

President before election Philibert Tsiranana PSD Elected President Gabriel Ramanantsoa PSD

Presidential elections were held for the first time in Madagascar on 30 March 1965. Incumbent President Philibert Tsiranana of the Social Democratic Party dominated the campaign and was elected with 97.2% of the voter.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Philibert Tsiranana	Social Democratic Party	2,451,441	97.78
	Joseph Raseta	National Malagasy Union	54,814	2.19
	Alfred Razafiarisoa	Independent	812	0.03
Total			2,507,067	100.00
Valid votes			2,507,067	99.44
Invalid/blank votes			14,149	0.56
Total votes			2,521,216	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,583,051	97.61
Source: Saura