Malawian general election, 1976

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General elections were due to be held in Malawi on 24 May 1976. 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 70 constituencies had a maximum of five candidates proposed by at least two registered voters. These candidates were then submitted to President-for-life Hastings Banda, who selected a single candidate for each seat, who in turn, were returned unopposed.^[1]

Following the election, Banda nominated another 15 members to the National Assembly.^[1]

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1. ^ ^{a b} Malawi Inter-Parliamentary Union