1967 Oranian presidential election (African Israel)

The 1967 Oranian presidential election, held on April 30, 1967, was the second presidential election in the Oranian Republic. The election was held two months after the death of President Edme Canat, who was serving a seven-year term after the 1962 election. This election was marked by the union of those opposed to the segregationist Politique Nationale around the Democratic Front of the Oranian People, as parties that explicitly appealed to ethnic minorities were prohibited by the Separatist Law of 1965.

The National Party won an even larger victory than in 1962, which is attributed to the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Pieds-Noirs in the country since 1962, as well as the changes in the electoral system, as the election was now held under a first-past-the-post system. This election was held in the same year as the 1967 Oranian legislative election, where these two factors led to a landslide for the National Party. This was the only presidential election where only two candidates were present on the ballot.

Background
The presidential election, held prematurely because of the death of President Canat, was largely seen as a referendum on the social and economic policies of the National Party over the previous five years. While many were opposed to the anti-Muslim laws of the Politique Nationale, this program remained popular among the vast majority of Pied-Noirs. This support is explained by the Algerian Population Exchange, where hundreds of thousands of Pieds-Noirs were forced to flee to Orania in order to avoid persecution in their native regions. These refugees supported the policies of discrimination and land redistribution that were created during the last government.

The opposition was able to unite itself within the Democratic Front of the Oranian People (FDPO), a heterogenous alliance of Harkis, Muslim advocates, and socialists. In the last stages of the campaign, the Oranian Communist Party agreed to support the FDPO and its candidate, Louis Althusser, ended his candidacy. However, the FDPO's construction as a catch-all opposition party led to internal disagreements between its members, which eroded support in different groups of the population.