General elections were held in

Swaziland Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

in June 1964 to elect members of the Legislative Council. The result was a victory for the

Imbokodvo National Movement Imbokodvo National Movement (INM) was a political party in Swaziland (since 2018 renamed to Eswatini) that existed from 1964 until 1973 when political parties were banned. The party was formed by the Swazi National Council, which was the advisory ...

, which won eight of the directly-elected seats and all eight Tinkhundla seats.

Electoral system

The elections were held using two voter rolls; a national roll elected eight Africans in "Open seats" and four Europeans from "Reserved seats" between 23 and 25 June, whilst a European roll elected a further four Europeans on 17 June. A further eight seats were elected by the T

inkhundla In Eswatini, an inkhundla (; plural: tinkhundla) is an administrative subdivision smaller than a district but larger than an umphakatsi (or "chiefdom"). There are 55 tinkhundla in Eswatini: 14 in Hhohho District, 11 in Lubombo District, 16 in Ma ...

("chiefdoms grouped for age regiment mobilisation").Swaziland: The 1964 election
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Results

References

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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

Election June 1964 events in Africa