General elections were held in Swaziland in June 1964 to elect members of the Legislative Council. The result was a victory for the Imbokodvo National Movement, which won eight of the directly-elected seats and all eight Tinkhundla seats.as the rule of one man one vote was used.
The elections were held using two voter rolls; a national roll elected eight Africans in "Open seats" and four Europeans from "Reserved seats" between 23 and 25 June, whilst a European roll elected a further four Europeans on 17 June. A further eight seats were elected by the Tinkhundla ("chiefdoms grouped for age regiment mobilisation").[1]
Party | Open seats | Reserved seats | European seats | Total seats | ||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
Imbokodvo National Movement | 79,683 | 85.3 | 8 | 6,385 | 19.9 | 0 | − | − | − | 8 |
United Swaziland Association | − | − | − | 20,093 | 62.7 | 4 | 4,093 | 59.2 | 4 | 8 |
Ngwane National Liberatory Congress | 11,464 | 12.3 | 0 | − | − | − | − | − | − | 0 |
Swaziland Democratic Party | 1,271 | 1.3 | 0 | 4,717 | 14.6 | 0 | − | − | − | 0 |
Swaziland Independence Front | − | − | − | − | − | − | 2,145 | 31.1 | 0 | 0 |
Swaziland Progressive Party (Nquku) | 589 | 0.6 | 0 | 981 | 3.5 | 0 | − | − | − | 0 |
Swaziland Progressive Party (Mabuza) | 267 | 0.3 | 0 | − | − | − | − | − | − | 0 |
Independents | − | − | − | − | − | − | 669 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 |
Tinkhundla seats | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | 8 |
Total | 93,274 | 100 | 8 | 32,176 | 100 | 4 | 6,907 | 100 | 4 | 24 |
Valid votes | 89.3 | |||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 10.3 | 36 | ||||||||
Total votes cast | 73,109 | 100 | ||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 139,156 | 52.5 | 2,209 | 85 | ||||||
Source: Sternberger et al.[2] |