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1968 Spanish Guinean general election

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election_name1968 Spanish Guinean general election
countrySpanish Guinea
registered137,755
module{{Infobox election
embedyes
election_namePresidential election
typepresidential
election_date22 September 1968 (first round)
29 September 1968 (second round)
turnout67.48% (first round)
79.20% (second round)
next_election1989 Equatorial Guinean presidential election
next_year1989
image1Don Francisco Macias.jpg
candidate1Francisco Macías Nguema
party1IPGE
popular_vote168,310
percentage162.35%
image2Bonifacio Ondo Edu.jpg
candidate2Bonifacio Ondó Edú
party2MUNGE
popular_vote241,254
percentage237.65%
titlePresident
map{{Switcher
Second round results by districtdefault2}}
posttitleElected President
after_electionFrancisco Macías Nguema
after_partyPopular Idea
module{{Infobox legislative election
embedyes
election_nameParliamentary election
previous_election1964
next_election1973
seats_for_electionAll 35 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats18
election_date22 September 1968
first_electionyes
noleaderyes
party1National Liberation Movement
color1#FFD700
percentage146.50
seats116
party2National Unity Movement
percentage238.99
seats210
party3Popular Idea
percentage39.11
seats32
party4Bubi Union
percentage45.40
seats47
color4#005488
mapElecciones legislativas de Guinea Ecuatorial de 1968 - Resultados por circunscripción.svg
map_captionResults by constituency.

29 September 1968 (second round) 79.20% (second round) | [[File:Elecciones presidenciales de Guinea Ecuatorial de 1968 - Resultados por distrito (primera vuelta).svg|300px]] | First round results by district | [[File:Elecciones presidenciales de Guinea Ecuatorial de 1968 - Resultados por distrito (segunda vuelta).svg|300px]] | Second round results by district|default=2}}

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. 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

First round results by region

DistrictInvalid/blankBosióOndóNdongoMacías
Fernando Po214,7953513,970373
Annobón0057510
Río Muni1256031,01513,97636,329
Corisco y Elobeyes40027614
Total1,2814,79531,94118,22336,716
Source: Álvarez Chillida

Second round results by region

DistrictInvalid/blankOndóMacías
Fernando Po93389,259
Annobón07151
Río Muni52840,19758,708
Corisco y Elobeyes04342
Total53741,25468,310
Source: Álvarez Chillida

First round results by district

DistrictInvalid/blankBosióOndóNdongoMacías
San Carlos111,8287469730
San Fernando01914066449
Santa Isabel102,7762372,609294
Annobón0057510
Acurenam1403,56743785
Bata32014394,8182,438
Ebebiyín47102,73919712,207
Evinayong1010,45418062
Micomeseng27201,5191216946
Mongomo901116334,787
N'sorc3702,2611371,850
Puerto Iradier906154,31427
Río Benito33101,6803,05550
Niefang3703,3955463397
Valladolid4302,2301494480
Corisco y Elobeyes40027614
Total1,2814,79531,94118,22336,716
Source: Álvarez Chillida

Second round results by district

DistrictInvalid/blankOndóMacías
San Carlos2672,780
San Fernando048844
Santa Isabel72235,635
Annobón07151
Acurenam494,376425
Bata542,2887,990
Ebebiyín247310714,238
Evinayong51204774
Micomeseng81,6508,149
Mongomo501,2905,863
N'sorc473,5942,553
Puerto Iradier331,1505,482
Río Benito22,9773,763
Niefang214,7014,381
Valladolid123,0175,790
Corisco y Elobeyes04342
Total53741,25468,310
Source: Álvarez Chillida

National Assembly

Votes by constituency

ConstituencyMUN
(Pro-Ondó)MONALIGE (Pro-Macías)MONALIGE (Pro-Ndongo)IPUBMUN
(Pro-Macías)National Unity Movement of Equatorial Guinea}};" colspan="2"Popular Idea of Equatorial Guinea}};" colspan="2"National Unity Movement of Equatorial Guinea}};" colspan="2"Fernando PoAnnobónRío MuniCorisco y Elobeyes
3473.73814.03,97441.84,97550.5
57599.810.2
31,01438.024,28129.713,94017.18,39710.34,0104.9
144.927695.1

Seats by constituency

ConstituencyTotal
seatsSeats wonMUN
(Pro-Ondó)MONALIGE (Pro-Macías)MONALIGE (Pro-Ndongo)IPUBNational Unity Movement of Equatorial Guinea}};"Popular Idea of Equatorial Guinea}};"Fernando Po12Annobón2Río Muni19Corisco y Elobeyes2Total351061027
57
2
8632
2

Elected members

  • Alfredo King Tomas
  • Ángel Etugu Oguono
  • Antonio Eworo Obama
  • Antonio Ndongo
  • Armando Balboa
  • Clemente Ateba Nso
  • Cristina Makoli
  • Cristóbal Ondó Alogo
  • Domicilio Sila
  • Enrique Ncuna Ndongo
  • Federico Makendengue Eouabo
  • Gaspar Copariate Burkbake
  • Gustavo Watson Buebake
  • Juan Bestue
  • Juan Nguema
  • Julio Ngundi Nadjaba
  • Lorenza Matute
  • Manuel Gerona Hombria
  • Manuel Nguema Obono
  • Marcelino Ngale Econo
  • Marcelo Epám Uri
  • Mariano Ganet Bokuo
  • Mariano Mba Michá
  • Martín Esono Ndongo
  • Maximiliano Michá
  • Primo José Escono Micá
  • Raimundo Ela Nvé
  • Ramon Itanguino Elambani
  • Ricardo Bolopá Esape
  • Roberto Jora
  • Salvador Boleko Ripole
  • Saturnino Ibongo Ivanga
  • Sebastián Oburu Masie
  • Pastor Torao Sikara
  • Salvador Nsamio Nsema

References

References

  1. [http://africanelections.tripod.com/gq.html Elections in Equatorial Guinea] African Elections Database
  2. Rafael de Mendizábal Allende (2018) [https://www.boe.es/biblioteca_juridica/abrir_pdf.php?id=PUB-DH-2018-96 ''Misión en África. La descolonización de Guinea Ecuatorial (1968-1969)''] p102
  3. ''Africa; revista de acción española'', Volume 25, p24
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