# 1968 Spanish Guinean general election

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Francisco Macías Nguema | Popular Idea | 36,716 | 40.05 | 68,310 | 62.35 |
| | Bonifacio Ondó Edú | National Unity Movement [es] | 31,941 | 34.84 | 41,254 | 37.65 |
| | Atanasio Ndongo | National Liberation Movement | 18,223 | 19.88 | | |
| | Edmundo Bossio | Bubi Union [es] | 4,795 | 5.23 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 91,675 | 100.00 | 109,564 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 91,675 | 98.62 | 109,564 | 99.51 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,281 | 1.38 | 537 | 0.49 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 92,956 | 100.00 | 110,101 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 137,755 | 67.48 | 137,755 | 79.93 |
| Source: African Elections Database |||||||

#### First round results by region

| District | Invalid/blank | Bosió | Ondó | Ndongo | Macías |
| Fernando Po | 21 | 4,795 | 351 | 3,970 | 373 |
| Annobón | 0 | 0 | 575 | 1 | 0 |
| Río Muni | 1256 | 0 | 31,015 | 13,976 | 36,329 |
| Corisco y Elobeyes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 14 |
| Total | 1,281 | 4,795 | 31,941 | 18,223 | 36,716 |
| Source: Álvarez Chillida ||||||

#### Second round results by region

| District | Invalid/blank | Ondó | Macías |
| Fernando Po | 9 | 338 | 9,259 |
| Annobón | 0 | 715 | 1 |
| Río Muni | 528 | 40,197 | 58,708 |
| Corisco y Elobeyes | 0 | 4 | 342 |
| Total | 537 | 41,254 | 68,310 |
| Source: Álvarez Chillida ||||

#### First round results by district

| District | Invalid/blank | Bosió | Ondó | Ndongo | Macías |
| San Carlos | 11 | 1,828 | 74 | 697 | 30 |
| San Fernando | 0 | 191 | 40 | 664 | 49 |
| Santa Isabel | 10 | 2,776 | 237 | 2,609 | 294 |
| Annobón | 0 | 0 | 575 | 1 | 0 |
| Acurenam | 14 | 0 | 3,567 | 437 | 85 |
| Bata | 32 | 0 | 1439 | 4,818 | 2,438 |
| Ebebiyín | 471 | 0 | 2,739 | 197 | 12,207 |
| Evinayong | 1 | 0 | 10,454 | 180 | 62 |
| Micomeseng | 272 | 0 | 1,519 | 121 | 6946 |
| Mongomo | 9 | 0 | 1116 | 33 | 4,787 |
| N'sorc | 37 | 0 | 2,261 | 137 | 1,850 |
| Puerto Iradier | 9 | 0 | 615 | 4,314 | 27 |
| Río Benito | 331 | 0 | 1,680 | 3,055 | 50 |
| Niefang | 37 | 0 | 3,395 | 546 | 3397 |
| Valladolid | 43 | 0 | 2,230 | 149 | 4480 |
| Corisco y Elobeyes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 14 |
| Total | 1,281 | 4,795 | 31,941 | 18,223 | 36,716 |
| Source: Álvarez Chillida ||||||

#### Second round results by district

| District | Invalid/blank | Ondó | Macías |
| San Carlos | 2 | 67 | 2,780 |
| San Fernando | 0 | 48 | 844 |
| Santa Isabel | 7 | 223 | 5,635 |
| Annobón | 0 | 715 | 1 |
| Acurenam | 49 | 4,376 | 425 |
| Bata | 54 | 2,288 | 7,990 |
| Ebebiyín | 247 | 3107 | 14,238 |
| Evinayong | 5 | 12047 | 74 |
| Micomeseng | 8 | 1,650 | 8,149 |
| Mongomo | 50 | 1,290 | 5,863 |
| N'sorc | 47 | 3,594 | 2,553 |
| Puerto Iradier | 33 | 1,150 | 5,482 |
| Río Benito | 2 | 2,977 | 3,763 |
| Niefang | 21 | 4,701 | 4,381 |
| Valladolid | 12 | 3,017 | 5,790 |
| Corisco y Elobeyes | 0 | 4 | 342 |
| Total | 537 | 41,254 | 68,310 |
| Source: Álvarez Chillida ||||

### National Assembly

Seats :
| | National Unity Movement (Pro-Ondó faction) | 31,936 | 34.64 | 10 |
| | National Liberation Movement (Pro-Macías faction) | 24,676 | 26.77 | 6 |
| | National Liberation Movement (Pro-Ndongo faction) | 18,191 | 19.73 | 10 |
| | Popular Idea | 8,397 | 9.11 | 2 |
| | Bubi Union | 4,975 | 5.40 | 7 |
| | National Unity Movement (Pro-Macías faction) | 4,010 | 4.35 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 92,185 | 100.00 | 35 |
| Source: African Elections Database, Álvarez Chillida |||||

#### Votes by constituency

| Constituency | MUN (Pro-Ondó) | MUN (Pro-Ondó) | MONALIGE (Pro-Macías) | MONALIGE (Pro-Macías) | MONALIGE (Pro-Ndongo) | MONALIGE (Pro-Ndongo) | IP | IP | UB | UB | MUN (Pro-Macías) | MUN (Pro-Macías) |
| Fernando Po | 347 | 3.7 | 381 | 4.0 | 3,974 | 41.8 | – | – | 4,975 | 50.5 | – | – |
| Annobón | 575 | 99.8 | – | – | 1 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Río Muni | 31,014 | 38.0 | 24,281 | 29.7 | 13,940 | 17.1 | 8,397 | 10.3 | – | – | 4,010 | 4.9 |
| Corisco y Elobeyes | – | – | 14 | 4.9 | 276 | 95.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |

#### Seats by constituency

| Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
| Constituency | Total seats | MUN (Pro-Ondó) | MONALIGE (Pro-Macías) | MONALIGE (Pro-Ndongo) | IP | UB |
| Fernando Po | 12 | | | 5 | | 7 |
| Annobón | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Río Muni | 19 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| Corisco y Elobeyes | 2 | | | 2 | | |
| Total | 35 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 7 |

#### 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