Malawian general election, 1971

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General elections were due to be held in Malawi on 17 April 1971, the first since the pre-independence elections in 1964. As the country had become a single-party state in 1966, the Malawi Congress Party was the sole legal party at the time. Each of the 60 constituencies had three to five candidates nominated by party committees.^[1] These candidates were then submitted to President-for-life Hastings Banda, who selected a single candidate for each seat. As there was only candidate for each constituency, no votes were actually held as there was no opposition.^[2]

However, only 56 of the seats were filled, and following the election, Banda nominated another eight members to the National Assembly.^[2]

References

1. ^ Malawi: Era of One Party Rule (1964-1992) EISA
2. ^ ^{a b} Malawi Inter-Parliamentary Union