1964 Swazi general election

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.^[1]

Electoral system

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.^[2] A further eight seats were elected by the Tinkhundla ("chiefdoms grouped for age regiment mobilisation").^[1]

Results

Party		Open seats			Reserved seats			European seats			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Imbokodvo National Movement	79,683	85.43	8	6,385	19.84	0				8
	United Swaziland Association				20,093	62.45	4	4,093	59.26	4	8
	Ngwane National Liberatory Congress	11,464	12.29	0							0
	Swaziland Democratic Party	1,271	1.36	0	4,717	14.66	0				0
	Swaziland Independence Front							2,145	31.06	0	0
	Swaziland Progressive Party (Nquku)	589	0.63	0	981	3.05	0				0
	Swaziland Progressive Party (Mabuza)	267	0.29	0							0
	Independents							669	9.69	0	0
Tinkhundla seats											8
Total		93,274	100.00	8	32,176	100.00	4	6,907	100.00	4	24
Total votes		73,109	–
Registered voters/turnout		139,156	52.54					2,209	85
Source: Sternberger et al.[2]