1961 Rwandan parliamentary election

none Rwanda 1961 1957 1965 25 September 1961 All 44 seats in the Legislative Assembly 23 95.59% Parmehutu Grégoire Kayibanda New 77.58 35 UNAR #800080 François Rukeba New 16.87 7 APROSOMA #FF0000 Joseph Gitera Habyarimana New 3.64 2 300px Results by constituency Prime Minister Grégoire Kayibanda Parmehutu Grégoire Kayibanda Parmehutu Parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda on 25 September 1961 alongside a referendum on the country's monarchy. The result was a victory for Parmehutu, which won 35 of the 44 seats in the Legislative Assembly.Elections in Rwanda https://web.archive.org/web/20200822214506/http://africanelections.tripod.com/rw.html 2020-08-22 African Elections Database Voter turnout was 96%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p734 0-19-829645-2 They were the last multiparty elections held in Rwanda until 2003. Results File:Assemblee Rwanda 1961.svg Parmehutu 974329 35 Rwandese National Union 211929 7 #800080 Association for Social Promotion of the Masses 45740 2 Rwandese Democratic Rally 4172 0 Other parties 19726 0 22248 0 1337096 Nohlen et al. 375px References Category:Parliamentary elections in Rwanda Parliamentary Rwanda Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results