1960 Tanganyikan general election

Election of the Tanganyika African National Union to the Legislative Council General elections were held in Tanganyika on 30 August 1960, following the agreement of the United Kingdom to establish internal self-government for the territory. The Tanganyika African National Union won 70 of the 71 elected seats,Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p878 0-19-829645-2 whilst the other went to a TANU member who had stood against the official TANU candidate, and immediately joined TANU faction after being elected.Elections in Tanzania https://web.archive.org/web/20051201210306/http://africanelections.tripod.com/tz.html#1960_Legislative_Council_Election 2005-12-01 African Elections Database Results File:Tanganyika Legislative Council 1960.svg Tanganyika African National Union 100581 70 African National Congress 337 0 Independents 20527 1 885000 Nohlen et al. References expanded Category:Parliamentary elections in Tanzania General Tanganyika Category:Tanganyika Territory Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results