| Country: | Rwanda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flag Year: | 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Election: | 1961 Rwandan parliamentary election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Year: | 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Election: | 1969 Rwandan general election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Year: | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Election Date: | 10 March 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Rwanda on 10 March 1965, the first direct one in the country and the first since independence in 1962. At the time, the country was a one-party state with MDR-Parmehutu as the sole legal party. Its leader, Grégoire Kayibanda, ran unopposed in the country's first election for President.[1] Voter turnout was 88%.[2]
The 47 members of the National Assembly elections were elected in ten multi-member constituencies. Voters could approve the entire MDR-Parmehutu list, or give a preferential vote to a single candidate.[3]