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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. [1]
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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. [1]
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. [2] A further eight seats were elected by the Tinkhundla ("chiefdoms grouped for age regiment mobilisation"). [1]
| Party | Open seats | Reserved seats | European seats | Total seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | 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. [2] | |||||||||||
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