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1960 Malagasy parliamentary election

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1960 Malagasy parliamentary election

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All 127 seats in the National Assembly
64 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Philibert Tsiranana
Party PSD AKFM
Seats won 76 9
Popular vote 1,156,684 220,640
Percentage 61.6% 10.7%

Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 4 September 1960.[1] They were won by the Social Democratic Party, which claimed 76 of the 127 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 77.5%.[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party1,156,68461.676
Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar220,64010.79
National Rally of Madagascar5
Malagasy Christian Rally3
Malagasy Democratic and Social Union1
Others33
Total127
Valid votes1,876,58699.11
Invalid/blank votes16,8830.89
Total votes1,893,469100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,444,26977.47
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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  1. ^ "Elections in Madagascar". African Elections Database.
  2. ^ Madagascar: 1960 National Assembly election results EISA