1958–59 Tanganyikan general election

Election of the Tanganyika African National Union to the Legislative Council thumb|upright|Ballot paper used in Tanga Province Constituency General elections were held in Tanganyika in September 1958 and February 1959. Elections were held in five constituencies on 8 and 12 September 1958, and in the other five on 9 and 15 February 1959.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, pp875-879 0-19-829645-2 The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) and affiliated independents won all 30 elected seats in the Legislative Council. Campaign Fifteen of the 30 elected seats were uncontested, all of which were won by the TANU.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2166 In each constituency, voters voted for an African, Asian and European candidate.Nohlen et al., p873 A further 34 members were appointed.Elections in Tanzania https://web.archive.org/web/20051201210306/http://africanelections.tripod.com/tz.html#1958_Legislative_Council_Election 2005-12-01 African Elections Database Results File:Tanganyika Legislative Council 1959.svg Tanganyika African National Union 46895 30 United Tanganyika Party 6909 0 African National Congress 53 0 Independents 14581 0 Appointed members 34 32532 40606 Tanganyika Gazette,Tanganyika Gazette, 27 February 1959, p161Tanganyika Gazette, 26 September 1958, p762 Barongo,E. B. M. Barongo (1966) Mkiki mkiki wa siasa Tanganyika, pp104–106 MwagaD. Z. Mwaga (1981 Historia ya chama cha TANU, 1954 hadi 1977, p58 By constituency ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotesNotesCentral ProvinceAfricansMwalimu KihereTanganyika African National Union–Elected unopposedAsiansAl Noor KassumIndependent (TANU)–Elected unopposedEuropeansHorace Wellesley HannahIndependent (TANU)–Elected unopposedDar es SalaamAfricansRashidi KawawaTanganyika African National Union–Elected unopposedAsiansKantilal JhaveriIndependent (TANU)4,281ElectedG.M. DayaIndependent2,023EuropeansD.F. HeathIndependent (TANU)4,869ElectedTom TyrellIndependent1,434Eastern ProvinceAfricansJulius NyerereTanganyika African National Union2,628ElectedPatrick KunambiIndependent802AsiansAmir H. JamalIndependent (TANU)2,672ElectedShivabhai Mithabhai PatelIndependent601Fazal Kassam IssaIndependent157EuropeansGraham Thomas LewisIndependent (TANU)–Elected unopposedNorthern ProvinceAfricansSolomon Nkya EliufooTanganyika African National Union3,348ElectedSiwa Kundael GeorgeIndependent1,275AsiansSophia MustafaIndependent (TANU)2,248ElectedHassanali Kassam ViraniIndependent864Mohamedali SharifIndependent682Narshidas Mathuradas MehtaIndependent660Dharampal BehalIndependent169EuropeansDerek Noel Maclean BrycesonIndependent (TANU)3,300ElectedJohn Michael HunterIndependent1,323South-East LakeAfricansPaul BomaniTanganyika African National Union–Elected unopposedAsiansC.K. PatelIndependent (TANU)–Elected unopposedEuropeansJ.S. MannIndependent (TANU)–Elected unopposedSouthern Highlands ProvinceAfricansJohn MwakangaleTanganyika African National Union2,682ElectedTimothy SankeyUnited Tanganyika Party694Ferdinand UgulumuIndependent420Warte Bertie MwanjisiIndependent120AsiansArjan Singh BajajIndependent (TANU)2,744ElectedRehemtulla Karim ManjiIndependent1,172EuropeansLady Marion CheshamIndependent (TANU)2,962ElectedIvor Cresswell BayldonUnited Tanganyika Party954Southern ProvinceAfricansLawi SijaonaTanganyika African National Union–Elected unopposedAsiansS.T. ThankiIndependent (TANU)2,243ElectedM.H. VersiIndependent900EuropeansLeader StirlingIndependent (TANU)–Elected unopposedTangaAfricansJohn KetoTanganyika African National Union3,455ElectedPetro Chambuya MntamboUnited Tanganyika Party1,854Zuberi Mwinyisheikh MtemvuAfrican National Congress53Paul NkanyemkaIndependent49AsiansKrishna BeldevIndependent (TANU)3,550ElectedMohamed HussainUnited Tanganyika Party1,435Fazelabbas Sylemanji KhambaliaIndependent350Mukhtar Ahmed AyazIndependent76EuropeansRoderick DonaldsonIndependent (TANU)3,439ElectedDavid LeadUnited Tanganyika Party1,972West LakeAfricansGeorge KahamaTanganyika African National Union–Elected unopposedAsiansN.K. LaxmanIndependent (TANU)–Elected unopposedEuropeansBarbro JohanssonIndependent (TANU)–Elected unopposedWestern ProvinceAfricansAbdalla FundikiraTanganyika African National Union–Elected unopposedAsiansMahmud Nasser RattanseyIndependent (TANU)2,474ElectedLutaf Ali BhatiaIndependent1,056Natwarlal Ambalal PatelIndependent235Purshottam Rambhai PatelIndependent213EuropeansJohn Harvey BakerIndependent (TANU)–Elected unopposedSource: Tanganyika Gazette, Barongo, Mwaga Aftermath In December 1959, the United Kingdom agreed to the establishment of internal self-government, after fresh elections the following year.Godfrey Mwakikagile (2008) The Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar: Product of the Cold War?, Intercontinental Books, pp19–20 References expanded Category:Parliamentary elections in Tanzania General General Tanganyika Tanganyika Category:Tanganyika Territory Category:Politics of Tanganyika