1971 Malawian general election

none Malawi parliamentary 17 April 1971 1964 Nyasaland general election 1964 1976 Malawian general election 1976 All 64 seats in the National Assembly 34 Dr HK Banda, first president of Malawi.jpg Hastings Banda Malawi Congress Party 50 56 6 1971 Malawian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency General elections were due to be held in Malawi on 17 April 1971, the first since the pre-independence elections in 1964. The Malawi Congress Party had been the only legally permitted party in the country since 1966. Each of the 60 constituencies had three to five candidates nominated by party 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 The committees then submitted the candidates' names to President Hastings Banda, who selected a single candidate for each seat. Milutin Tomanović 1972 Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1971 The Chronicle of International Events in 1971 sh 2680 Belgrade Institute of International Politics and Economics All prospective candidates had to declare their allegiance to Banda before being allowed to stand. As there was only one candidate for each constituency, no voting actually took place on election day, and the candidates selected by Banda were elected unopposed. However, only 56 of the seats were filled, and following the election, Banda nominated another eight members to the National Assembly.Malawi Inter-Parliamentary Union Results Malawi Congress Party 56 +6 Appointed members 8 New Vacant 4 – +15 African Elections Database, IPU Aftermath In July, two months after the elections and five years to the day that Malawi had become a republic, the National Assembly declared Banda president for life.https://uca.edu/politicalscience/home/research-projects/dadm-project/sub-saharan-africa-region/malawi-1964-present/ Malawi (1964-present) University of Central Arkansas 2023 However, according to a Central Intelligence Agency handbook, this move merely codified a state of affairs that had existed since 1966, as Banda would have been the only candidate for president at elections due later in 1971.https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00891A001000040001-8.pdf Malawi Handbook Central Intelligence Agency 1971 References Malawi General Category:Parliamentary elections in Malawi Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Malawi Category:Uncontested elections