Northern Rhodesian general election, 1964

General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 20 and 21 January 1964. There were two voter rolls for the Legislative Council, a main roll that elected 65 seats, and a reserved roll that elected 10. Blacks elected the main roll, whilst whites elected the reserve roll. Other ethnicities were allowed to choose which roll to be part of.^[1] The United National Independence Party won the election, taking 55 of the common roll seats. Its leader, Kenneth Kaunda became Prime Minister, leading the country to independence in October that year, at which point he became President.^[2] Voter turnout was 94.8% for the main roll and 74.1% for the reserved roll.^[3]

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