1968 Spanish Guinean general election Registered 137,755 Presidential election
Turnout 67.48% (first round) Parliamentary election
National Assembly This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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]
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 .
Candidate Party First round Second round 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
First round results by district [ edit ] District Invalid/blank Bosió Ondó Ndongo Macías San Carlos 11 1828 74 697 30 San Fernando 0 191 40 664 49 Santa Isabel 10 2776 237 2609 294 Annobón 0 0 575 1 0 Acurenam 14 0 3567 437 85 Bata 32 0 1439 4818 2438 Ebebiyín 471 0 2739 197 12207 Evinayong 1 0 10454 180 62 Micomeseng 272 0 1519 121 6946 Mongomo 9 0 1116 33 4787 N'sorc 37 0 2261 137 1850 Puerto Iradier 9 0 615 4314 27 Río Benito 331 0 1680 3055 50 Niefang 37 0 3395 546 3397 Valladolid 43 0 2230 149 4480 Corisco y Elobeyes 4 0 0 276 14 Total 1281 4795 31941 18223 36716 Source: Álvarez Chillida
Second round results by district [ edit ] District Invalid/blank Ondó Macías San Carlos 2 67 2780 San Fernando 0 48 844 Santa Isabel 7 223 5635 Annobón 0 715 1 Acurenam 49 4376 425 Bata 54 2288 7990 Ebebiyín 247 3107 14238 Evinayong 5 12047 74 Micomeseng 8 1650 8149 Mongomo 50 1290 5863 N'sorc 47 3594 2553 Puerto Iradier 33 1150 5482 Río Benito 2 2977 3763 Niefang 21 4701 4381 Valladolid 12 3017 5790 Corisco y Elobeyes 0 4 342 Total 537 41254 68310 Source: Álvarez Chillida
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