1983 Malawian general election

none Malawi parliamentary 29–30 June 1983 1978 Malawian general election 1978 1987 Malawian general election 1987 All 101 elected seats in the National Assembly 51 Dr HK Banda, first president of Malawi.jpg Hastings Banda Malawi Congress Party 87 101 14 General elections were held in Malawi on 29 and 30 June 1983. As the country had become a one-party state in 1966, the Malawi Congress Party was the sole legal party at the time. The number of seats was increased to 101, whilst president for life Hastings Banda was able to appoint as many additional members as he saw fit to "enhance the representative character of the Assembly, or to represent particular minority or other special interests in the Republic."Malawi Inter-Parliamentary Union Ultimately, an additional 11 members were appointed. In 21 constituencies there was only a single MCP candidate, who was elected unopposed. In the remaining 80 seats there were between two and five candidates, all of which were from the MCP. All prospective candidates were vetted by Banda after being nominated by MCP committees,Malawi: Era of One Party Rule (1964-1992) https://web.archive.org/web/20100125183929/http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/malonepartyrule.htm 2010-01-25 EISA and had to declare their allegiance to Banda in order to be allowed to stand.https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00891A001000040001-8.pdf Malawi Handbook Central Intelligence Agency 1971 Results Malawi Congress Party 101 +14 Appointed members 11 –4 +10 3278907 African Elections Database, IPU References General Category:Parliamentary elections in Malawi Category:One-party elections Malawi Malawi Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results