1968 Spanish Guinean general election

1968 Spanish Guinean general election
Registered	137,755
	Presidential election
Turnout	67.48% (first round); 79.20% (second round)
	Elected President ; Francisco Macías Nguema; Popular Idea
	Parliamentary election
	All 35 seats in the National Assembly; 18 seats needed for a majority
MLN	10
MUNGE	10
IP	8
UB	7

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.

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


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Francisco Macías Nguema	Popular Idea	36,716	40.05	68,310	62.92
	Bonifacio Ondó Edú	National Unity Movement [es]	31,941	34.84	40,254	37.08
	Atanasio Ndongo	National Liberation Movement	18,223	19.88
	Edmundo Bossio	Bubi Union [es]	4,795	5.23
Total			91,675	100.00	108,564	100.00

Valid votes			91,675	98.62	108,564	99.51
Invalid/blank votes			1,281	1.38	537	0.49
Total votes			92,956	100.00	109,101	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			137,755	67.48	137,755	79.20
Source: African Elections Database

National Assembly



Party		Seats
	National Liberation Movement	10
	National Unity Movement	10
	Popular Idea	8
	Bubi Union	7
Total		35

Source: African Elections Database

Elected members

References

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

[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

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