| Country: | Rhodesia (1964-1965) |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1962 Southern Rhodesian general election |
| Previous Year: | 1962 |
| Next Election: | 1970 Rhodesian general election |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
| Seats For Election: | All 65 seats in the Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 33 |
| Election Date: | 7 May 1965 |
| Image1: | Ian Smith 1950s.jpg |
| Leader1: | Ian Smith |
| Party1: | Rhodesian Front |
| Last Election1: | 35 |
| Seats1: | 50 |
| Seat Change1: | 15 |
| Leader2: | Josiah Gondo |
| Party2: | Rhodesia Party |
| Last Election2: | – |
| Seat Change2: | New |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Ian Smith |
| After Election: | Ian Smith |
| Before Party: | Rhodesian Front |
| After Party: | Rhodesian Front |
General elections were held in Rhodesia, renamed the year before from Southern Rhodesia, on 7 May 1965. The results was a victory for the ruling Rhodesian Front, which won 50 of the 65 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Rhodesia. Later in the year, the government made a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI).
The election was held using two electoral rolls, an A roll, which was largely white (95,208 whites and 2,256 black Africans)[1] and a B roll, which was largely African. Although both rolls could vote for all 65 seats, A roll votes were given higher weighting for the 50 constituency seats, and B roll votes higher weighting for the 15 district seats.
Two parties contested the elections; the Rhodesian Front ran in all 50 constituency seats (in 22 of which it was unopposed) but no district seats. The Rhodesia Party ran in both the constituency and district seats.
| Party | Constituency | District | Total seats | +/− | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A roll | B roll | Seats | A roll | B roll | Seats | ||||||||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||||
| bgcolor= | Rhodesian Front | 28,175 | 79.32 | 206 | 28.61 | 50 | 50 | +15 | |||||||
| bgcolor= | Rhodesia Party | 6,381 | 17.96 | 505 | 70.14 | 0 | 12,936 | 42.13 | 754 | 52.25 | 10 | 10 | New | ||
| bgcolor= | Independents | 964 | 2.71 | 4 | 0.56 | 0 | 17,770 | 57.87 | 689 | 47.75 | 5 | 5 | +4 | ||
| align=left colspan=2 | Total | 35,520 | 100.00 | 720 | 100.00 | 50 | 30,706 | 100.00 | 1,443 | 100.00 | 15 | 65 | 0 | ||
| align=left colspan=2 | Valid votes | 35,520 | 98.86 | 720 | 82.10 | 30,706 | 86.98 | 1,443 | 88.20 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | Invalid/blank votes | 411 | 1.14 | 157 | 17.90 | 4,595 | 13.02 | 193 | 11.80 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | Total votes | 35,931 | 100.00 | 877 | 100.00 | 35,301 | 100.00 | 1,636 | 100.00 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | Registered voters/turnout | 97,284 | 36.9 | 11,577 | 7.5 | 97,284 | 36.2 | 11,577 | 14.0 | ||||||
| Source: Sternberger et al.[2] | |||||||||||||||