1964 Swazi general election

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General elections were held in Swaziland in June 1964 to elect members of the Legislative Council. The result was a victory for the Imbokodvo National Movement, which won eight of the directly-elected seats and all eight Tinkhundla seats.

Electoral system

The elections were held using two voter rolls; a national roll elected eight Africans in "Open seats" and four Europeans from "Reserved seats" between 23 and 25 June, whilst a European roll elected a further four Europeans on 17 June. A further eight seats were elected by the Tinkhundla ("chiefdoms grouped for age regiment mobilisation").

Results


Party		Open seats			Reserved seats			European seats			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Imbokodvo National Movement	79,683	85.43	8	6,385	19.84	0				8
	United Swaziland Association				20,093	62.45	4	4,093	59.26	4	8
	Ngwane National Liberatory Congress	11,464	12.29	0							0
	Swaziland Democratic Party	1,271	1.36	0	4,717	14.66	0				0
	Swaziland Independence Front							2,145	31.06	0	0
	Swaziland Progressive Party (Nquku)	589	0.63	0	981	3.05	0				0
	Swaziland Progressive Party (Mabuza)	267	0.29	0							0
	Independents							669	9.69	0	0
Tinkhundla seats											8
Total		93,274	100.00	8	32,176	100.00	4	6,907	100.00	4	24

Total votes		73,109	–
Registered voters/turnout		139,156	52.54					2,209	85
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

^ Swaziland: The 1964 election EISA
^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, pp2120−2121

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