1967 Swazi general election
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General elections were held in Swaziland on 19 and 20 April 1967. The result was a second successive victory for the royalist Imbokodvo National Movement, which won 79.4% of the vote and all 24 seats.[1]
Electoral system[]
Unlike the previous election in which there were two voter rolls for black and white voters, the election was held with a single voter roll, with each voter having three votes.[2]
Results[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Imbokodvo National Movement | 191,160 | 79.34 | 24 | +15 | |
Ngwane National Liberatory Congress | 48,744 | 20.23 | 0 | 0 | |
Swaziland United Front | 681 | 0.28 | 0 | New | |
Swaziland Progressive Party | 356 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 240,941 | 100.00 | 24 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 106,121 | – | |||
Source: Nohlen et al.,[2] Sternberger et al.[3] |
References[]
- ^ Swaziland: 1967 Pre-independence General Election EISA
- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p868 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2122
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