1960 Basutoland general election

General elections were held in Basutoland in 1960 after a new Constitution was approved by the British authorities in September 1959.Keesing's Contemporary Archives, p17318 The public elected nine District Councils with a total of 162 members on 20 January.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p1080 The District Councils subsequently elected 40 members of the National Council, with a further 14 members nominated by Moshoeshoe II, 22 members drawn from principal and ward chiefs and four members from among senior government officials.Elections in Lesotho African Elections Database Voter turnout was very low, with just 35,000 of the 191,000 registered voters taking part in the election. The new National Council was opened on 12 March. Results District Councils Basutoland Congress Party 12787 73 Basutoland National Party 7002 22 Marema-Tlou Party 2812 16 Basutoland Progressive Association 231 0 Independents 12470 51 Sternberger et al. National Council Basutoland Congress Party 30 Marema-Tlou Party 5 Basutoland National Party 1 Independents 4 Appointed members 40 African Elections Database References Basutoland Category:Elections in Lesotho General election Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results