1965 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election

1965 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
167 members of the Chamber of Deputies
Prime Minister before election; Moïse Tshombe; CONAKAT	Elected Prime Minister ; Évariste Kimba; FDC

General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 18 March and 30 April 1965, following the promulgation of a new constitution approved by a referendum the previous year. 223 political parties contested the election for 167 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.^[1]

The elections were won by parties allied with the Congolese National Convention, led by former secessionist leader Moise Tshombe, which won a total of 80 seats.^[2] Following the elections, the results were disputed by several parties. The Léopoldville Court of Appeal accepted six of them, and re-runs were required in Kivu Central, Goma-Rutshuru, Cuvette Centrale, Fizi, Kwilu and Maniema, which were held between 8 and 22 August 1965.^[1]

Despite Tshombe's party winning the election, President Joseph Kasa-Vubu appointed Évariste Kimba of the Congolese Democratic Front Prime Minister, a situation which ultimately led to Joseph Mobutu carrying out a military coup in November. By the next election in 1970, Mobutu had eliminated all opposition parties, allowing his Popular Movement of the Revolution to run unopposed. As a result, the 1965 election would be the last in which opposition parties were allowed to participate until 2006.

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Convention Nationale Congolaise	227,961	9.24	38	New
	CONAKAT	178,302	7.23	9	+1
		162,016	6.57	10	New
	ABAKO	136,226	5.52	10	–2
	(CONACO)	104,896	4.25	7	New
	Rally for Congolese Democracy (CONACO)	91,475	3.71	4	New
		82,601	3.35	4	–4
	Parti Solidaire Africain-Kamitatu	79,358	3.22	4	–9
		68,750	2.79	5	New
		64,866	2.63	3	New
		64,845	2.63	4	New
		62,856	2.55	4	+1
		59,223	2.40	3	New
	(CONACO)	56,698	2.30	4	New
	(CONACO)	52,060	2.11	4	New
	(CONACO)	49,675	2.01	6	New
	(CONACO)	49,039	1.99	4	New
	(CONACO)	48,944	1.98	4	New
	(CONACO)	42,878	1.74	2	New
		36,441	1.48	2	New
		36,430	1.48	3	New
		35,275	1.43	3	New
	(CONACO)	34,811	1.41	2	New
		32,780	1.33	1	New
	Mouvement National Congolais-Lumumba	31,874	1.29	2	–34
	PDR (CONACO)	29,277	1.19	5	New
	(CONACO)	25,375	1.03	1	−
		24,710	1.00	2	+1
	Convention Nationale Congolaise cartels	23,052	0.93	1	New
		22,011	0.89	2	New
		21,861	0.89	1	New
		19,944	0.81	1	New
	Congolese Democratic Rally	19,912	0.81	1	New
		19,179	0.78	1	New
	(CONACO)	16,314	0.66	3	+2
		15,059	0.61	1	New
	(CONACO)	15,104	0.61	1	New
		11,645	0.47	1	New
	(CONACO)	9,781	0.40	1	New
		9,634	0.39	1	New
		6,226	0.25	1	New
	Regional parties	274,778	11.14	0	0
	Independents	12,815	0.52	1	+1
Total		2,466,957	100.00	167	+30

Source: Sternberger et al.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b DRC: Electoral Operation of the 1965 election Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine EISA
^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p292 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, pp2432−2433

[EISA-1] DRC: Electoral Operation of the 1965 election Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine EISA

[2] Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p292 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

[S-3] Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, pp2432−2433

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