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1969 Rwandan general election

Field	Value
country	Rwanda
flag_year	1962
election_date	29 September 1969
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
previous_election	1965 Rwandan general election
previous_year	1965
next_election	1978 Rwandan presidential election
next_year	1978
image1	Grégoire Kayibanda (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Grégoire Kayibanda
party1	MDR-Parmehutu
popular_vote1	1,426,159
percentage1	100%
title	President
before_election	Grégoire Kayibanda
before_party	MDR-Parmehutu
after_election	Grégoire Kayibanda
after_party	MDR-Parmehutu

General elections were held in Rwanda on 29 September 1969. At the time, the country was a one-party state with MDR-Parmehutu as the sole legal party. Its leader, Grégoire Kayibanda, ran unopposed in the presidential election. Voter turnout was 90.9%.

Electoral system

The 47 members of the National Assembly elections were elected in ten multi-member constituencies. Voters could approve the entire MDR-Parmehutu list, or give a preferential vote to a single candidate.

Results

President

Legislative Assembly

References

[http://africanelections.tripod.com/rw.html Elections in Rwanda] African Elections Database
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p735 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
[[Dolf Sternberger]], [[Bernhard Vogel (politician). Bernhard Vogel]], [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Klaus Landfried (1978) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika'', Zweiter Halbband, p1720

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