General elections were held in Senegal on 28 January 1973 to elect a President and National Assembly. At the time the country was a one-party state, with the Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) as the sole legal party, As a result, its leader, Léopold Sédar Senghor, was the only candidate in the presidential election and was re-elected unopposed.Elections in Senegal African Elections Database In the National Assembly election, voters were presented with a list of 100 UPS candidates (for the 100 seats) to vote for.Senegal Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was 97%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p765–770
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