Rhodesian general election, 1977
- Rhodesian general election, 1977
The Rhodesia general election of 1977, the last general election dominated by the white minority, took place on August 31, 1977. Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith, who was conducting negotiations with moderate African nationalists, was forced into an early election by the defection of twelve MPs from his Rhodesian Front party, which denied him the two-thirds majority of the House of Assembly needed to change the constitution. In the event, the Front overwhelmed the breakaway Rhodesian Action Party and all other forces, once again winning every single seat in the 50 seats elected by those of European descent.
Together with the other seats, the state of the parties in the House of Assembly was:
African seats
Mazoe
George Rollo Hayman resigned on December 27, 1978, claiming that the power-sharing government could easily fall under the control of a terrorist group. He then resigned from the Assembly to seek re-election. This byelection, held on February 6, 1979, was the last election conducted before the advent of the new constitution.
Vacancy at dissolution
Donald Goldin (Wankie) died on February 12, 1979. The seat was not filled before Parliament was dissolved.
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