1963 Kenyan general election explained
| Country: | Kenya |
| Flag Year: | colonial |
| Previous Election: | 1961 |
| Election Date: | 18–26 May 1963 |
| Next Election: | 1969 |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Election Name: | House of Representatives | | Seats For Election: | All 129 seats in the House of Representatives | | Majority Seats: | 65 | | Leader1: | Jomo Kenyatta | | Party1: | Kenya African National Union | | Last Election1: | 19 | | Seats1: | 83 | | Percentage1: | 53.60 | | Leader2: | Ronald Ngala | | Party2: | Kenya African Democratic Union | | Last Election2: | 11 | | Seats2: | 33 | | Percentage2: | 25.83 | | Leader3: | Paul Ngei | | Party3: | APP | | Color3: | - da7987
| | Last Election3: | new | | Seats3: | 8 | | Percentage3: | 7.43 | | Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Election Name: | Senate | | Seats For Election: | All 38 seats in the Senate | | Majority Seats: | 20 | | Leader4: | Jomo Kenyatta | | Party4: | Kenya African National Union | | Last Election4: | New | | Seats4: | 18 | | Percentage4: | 59.18 | | Leader5: | Ronald Ngala | | Party5: | Kenya African Democratic Union | | Last Election5: | New | | Seats5: | 16 | | Percentage5: | 27.31 | | Leader6: | Paul Ngei | | Party6: | APP | | Last Election6: | New | | Color6: | - da7987
| | Seats6: | 2 | | Percentage6: | 8.46 | | Party7: | NPAU | | Last Election7: | New | | Seats7: | 1 | | Percentage7: | – | | Leader8: | – | | Party8: | Independents | | Last Election8: | New | | Seats8: | 1 | | Percentage8: | 4.73 | | Map: | 1963 Kenyan general election map.svg | | Prime Minister | | Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election | | Before Election: | Jomo Kenyatta | | Before Party: | Kenya African National Union | | After Election: | Jomo Kenyatta | | After Party: | Kenya African National Union |
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General elections were held in Kenya Colony between 18 and 26 May 1963. Voters elected members of the House of Representatives and Senate. The election was the last before independence later in the year.
The result was a victory for the Kenya African National Union (KANU), which won 83 of the 124 seats in the House of Representatives and 18 of the 38 seats in the Senate. Five seats in the House and three in the Senate remained unfilled due to a secessionist conflict on the border with Somalia.[1]
Campaign
A total of 275 candidates contested the elections for the House of Representatives; 90 from KANU, 59 from the Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU), 20 from the African People's Party (APP), five from the Baluhya Political Union (BPU), three from the Coast People's Party and 98 independents.[2]
KADU, the APP and the BPU agreed to work together to try to defeat KANU.[2]
Conduct
Pre-election violence occurred in Kangundo when a group of Kamba attacked KANU supporters, injuring fourteen people.[2] Eleven people were arrested after KADU supporters were attacked outside party offices in Kitale.[2]
Results
Senate
The Nyanza Province African Union won its seat unopposed, whilst KANU (five) and KADU (four) won a further nine unopposed.
Notes and References
- http://www.eisa.org.za/wep/ken1963results.htm Kenya: 1963 House of Representatives election results
- "Electioneering Violence in Kenya", East Africa and Rhodesia, 16 May 1963, p790
