Nyasaland general election, 1964

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General elections were due to be held for the Legislative Council in Nyasaland on 28 April 1964. There were two voter rolls, a general roll for the black population that elected 50 members, and a special roll for white voters that elected three members. 1,871,790 people were registered on the general roll, whilst only 814 were on the special roll.^[1] However, there were no opposition candidates to either the Malawi Congress Party in the general roll seats (the Nyasaland Asian Convention had dissolved itself declared its support for the MCP),^[1] or the Nyasaland Constitutional Party in the special roll seats, resulting in all 53 candidates winning without votes being cast.

MCP leader Hastings Banda remained as Prime Minister, leading it to independence on 6 July that year.

Results

Sourees

• H. R. Rowland, "Nyasaland General Elections, 1964." The Journal of Local Administration Overseas, Vol. 3 (1964).

References

Elections and referendums in Malawi Presidential elections 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 Parliamentary elections 1956 1961 1964 1971 1976 1978 1983 1987 1992 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 Referendums 1993 See also: Elections in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland