1961 Kenyan general election
General elections were held in Kenya in February 1961. The result was a victory for the Kenya African National Union, which won 19 of the 53 elected seats.
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Electoral system
Twenty seats were reserved for minority communities; ten for whites, eight for Indians and two for Arabs. There were also twelve appointees.[1] Primary elections were held for the reserved seats by members of the respective communities, and candidates receiving at least 25% of the vote advanced to the main elections.[2]
Of the 1,411,117 registered voters, 29,879 (2.18%) were Indian, 19,332 (1.37%) white and 5,472 (0.38%) Arabs.[3]
Results
Nine constituencies (with a total of 353,251 registered voters) were uncontested, reducing the number of actual voters to 1,057,866.[3]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya African National Union | 590,661 | 67.5 | 19 | |
| Kenya African Democratic Union | 143,079 | 16.3 | 11 | |
| Baluhya Political Union | 28,817 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| New Kenya Party | 28,284 | 3.2 | 4 | |
| Kenya Indian Congress | 10,488 | 1.2 | 3 | |
| Kenya Coalition | 8,891 | 1.0 | 3 | |
| Kenya Freedom Party | 5,263 | 0.6 | 2 | |
| Kenya National Congress | 4,561 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Shungwaya Freedom Party | 3,748 | 0.4 | 1 | |
| Coast People's Party | 1,693 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Tana River Pokomo Union | 699 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| African independents | 13,917 | 1.6 | 1 | |
| Arab independents | 5,712 | 0.6 | 2 | |
| Asian Hindu independents | 4,648 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Asian Muslim independents | 11,880 | 1.3 | 3 | |
| European independents | 12,768 | 1.4 | 3 | |
| Appointed members | − | − | 12 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 9,678 | − | − | |
| Total | 884,787 | 100 | 65 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,057,866 | 83.6 | − | |
| Source: Sternberger et al | ||||
References
- Elections in Kenya African Election Database
- Robert M. Maxon & Thomas P. Ofcansky (2014) Historical Dictionary of Kenya, Rowman & Littlefield, p202
- Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p972
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