Upper Voltan Parliamentary Election, 1965
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Parliamentary elections were held in the
Republic of Upper Volta The Republic of Upper Volta (french: République de Haute-Volta) was a landlocked West African country established on 11 December 1958 as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before becoming autonomous, it had been part of the ...
on 7 November 1965. The country had been a
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since 1960, with the Voltaic Democratic Union–African Democratic Rally as the sole legal party. It therefore won all 75 seats in the
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. Voter turnout was 97.4%.Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p133


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{{Burkinabe elections Elections in Burkina Faso
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One-party elections