Northern Rhodesian general election, 1964

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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]

Results

Party Main roll seats Reserved roll seats Total seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
United National Independence Party570,61269.1556,17735.2055
Zambian African National Congress251,96330.5101650.9010
National Progressive Party--011,15763.61010
Independents3,6620.40350.200
Invalid/blank votes4,178--224---
Total830,4151006517,7581001075
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Zambia: 1964 Elections EISA
  2. ↑ Elections in Zambia African Elections Database
  3. ↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p949 ISBN 0-19-829645-2