General elections were held in

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between 18 and 26 May 1963. Voters elected members of the

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and

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. The election was the last before

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later in the year. The result was a victory for the

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(KANU), which won 83 of the 124 seats in the House of Representatives and 18 of the 38 seats in the Senate. Five seats in the House and three in the Senate remained unfilled due to a secessionist conflict on the border with

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Campaign

A total of 275 candidates contested the elections for the House of Representatives; 90 from KANU, 59 from the

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(KADU), 20 from the African People's Party (APP), five from the Baluhya Political Union (BPU), three from the Coast People's Party and 98 independents."Electioneering Violence in Kenya", ''East Africa and Rhodesia'', 16 May 1963, p790 KADU, the APP and the BPU agreed to work together to try to defeat KANU.

Conduct

Pre-election violence occurred in

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when a group of

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attacked KANU supporters, injuring fourteen people. Eleven people were arrested after KADU supporters were attacked outside party offices in

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Results

House of Representatives

Senate

The Nyanza Province African Union won its seat unopposed, whilst KANU (five) and KADU (four) won a further nine unopposed.

References

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