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1985 Togolese parliamentary election

Field	Value
country	Togo
previous_election	1979
next_election	1990
election_date	25 March 1985
seats_for_election	All 77 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	39
turnout	78.59% ( 20.66pp)
party1	Rally of the Togolese People
leader1	Gnassingbé Eyadéma
last_election1	67
percentage1	100
seats1	77

Parliamentary elections were held in Togo on 24 March 1985. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Rally of the Togolese People as the sole legal party. Unlike the previous election in 1979 when a single list of candidates was presented to voters for approval, this election was contested by 216 candidates running for 77 seats and 22 reserve members. Voter turnout was reported to be 78.6%.

Results

References

[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/TOGO_1985_E.PDF Togo] Inter-Parliamentary Union
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p903 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2

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