1968 Maligalian Parliamentary Election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Maligalia on 7 March 1968 to elect 918 members of the National People's Congress, one of the largest legislatures in the planet. The Democratic Advancement Front, a broad network of socialist-oriented parties, gained all state seats, with no independents being elected in the second legislature.

The Popular Constitution, drafted by the Consultative Assembly in 1966 and approved on 1 June 1967, dictated the dismantlement of the federation in favor of the creation of an unitary one-party state with a semi-presidential method, inspired on the Vietnamese and Chinese models, where the power did not concentrate on the hands of a sole politician, but collectively. Significant societal changes were also introduced with the basic law; French was discouraged in favour of the Nko language and English, the education system was re-modeled on the Eastern bloc ones and the acceptance of foreign aid was considered treachery and was punishable by death. In the period between 1966 and 1968, over 250 officials were executed for accepting bribes and foreign contracts with other powers.

Before the general election, significant changes were introduced; a land reform was planned and approved in 1967, along with the abolition of private property, collectivization of lands, seizure of the means of production and a general transition to a socialist state. Nations such as the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China were pleased by the developments, and an invitation for Maligalia to be part of the Comecon arrived in 1971. Other than these events, after the election, the first Congress of the Maligalian Communist Party convened, electing Sendar Senghor as General Secretary of the MCP and as President of Maligalia, while Mamadou Dia as Chairman of the Secretariat of the MCP and First Secretary of State, a position that is equivalent to head of government.