Malawian general election, 1971

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General elections were due to be held in Malawi on 17 April 1971, the first since the pre-independence elections in 1964. The Malawi Congress Party had been the only legally permitted party in the country since 1966. Each of the 60 constituencies had three to five candidates nominated by party committees.^[1] These candidates were then submitted to President Hastings Banda, who selected a single candidate for each seat. As there was only one candidate for each constituency, no voting actually took place on election day, as there was no opposition.^[2]

However, only 56 of the seats were filled, and following the election, Banda nominated another eight members to the National Assembly.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Malawi Congress Party	–	–	60	+10
Invalid/blank votes	–	–	–	–
Total	–	–	60	+7
Registered voters/turnout	–	–	–	–
Source: African Elections Database

References

↑ Malawi: Era of One Party Rule (1964-1992) EISA
1 2 Malawi Inter-Parliamentary Union

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

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