1978 Upper Voltan presidential election
Results

1978 Upper Voltan presidential election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Candidate	Party	First round	Second round

Votes	%	Votes	%

Sangoulé Lamizana	Independent	425,302	42.2	711,722	56.3

Macaire Ouédraogo	National Union for the Defence of Democracy	254,467	25.2	552,954	43.7

Joseph Ouédraogo	Rejectors Front-African Democratic Rally	167,120	16.6

Joseph Ki-Zerbo	Voltaic Progressive Union	162,031	16.1

Invalid/blank votes	19,695	–	18,870	–

Total	1,028,653	100	1,283,546	100

Registered voters/turnout	2,924,785	35.2	2,947,527	43.6

Source: Nohlen et al.

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Voter turnout was 35.2% in the first round and 43.6% in the second in the 1978 Upper Voltan presidential election.

final_sentence: Voter turnout was 35.2% in the first round and 43.6% in the second in the 1978 Upper Voltan presidential election.