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The following elections occurred in 1964.


Africa

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1964 Cameroonian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 24 April 1964. They were the first elections held after Southern Cameroons (also known as West Cameroon) became part of the country in 1961. The result was a victory for the Cameroonian Union (UC) ...
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1964 Central African Republic parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in the Central African Republic on 15 March 1964. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa (MESAN) as the sole legal party. As a result, it won all ...
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1964 Central African Republic presidential election Presidential elections were held for the first time in the Central African Republic on 5 January 1964. In December 1963 the Parliament of the Central African Republic, Parliament had formally adopted a constitutional amendment that set the presid ...
* 1964 Dahomeyan general election * 1964 Gabonese legislative election *
1964 Malian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Mali on 12 June 1964. Voters were presented with a single list from the Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally (US-RDA), which had been the sole legal party since shortly after independence in 1960.
* 1964 Nigerian parliamentary election *
1964 Northern Rhodesian general election General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 20 and 21 January 1964. There were two voter rolls for the Legislative Council, a main roll that elected 65 seats, and a reserved roll that elected 10. Africans elected the main roll, whilst Eur ...
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1964 Nyasaland general election General elections were due to be held for the Legislative Council in Nyasaland on 28 April 1964, and would have been the first in the country under universal suffrage. However, there were no opposition candidates to either the Malawi Congress P ...
* Somali parliamentary election, 1964 *
Swazi parliamentary election, 1964 General elections were held in Swaziland in June 1964 to elect members of the Legislative Council. The result was a victory for the Imbokodvo National Movement, which won eight of the directly-elected seats and all eight Tinkhundla seats. Electo ...


Asia

* 1964 Iranian legislative election *
1964 Malaysian general election A general election was held on Saturday, 25 April 1964 for members of the 2nd Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in 104 out of 159 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the ...
* 1964 Papua New Guinea general election


Australia

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1964 Australian Senate election Elections were held on 5 December 1964 to elect members to half of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate. There was no accompanying election to the House of Representatives, as Robert Menzies had called an early House-only election the previou ...
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1964 Tasmanian state election The 1964 Tasmanian state election was held on 2 May 1964 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system1964 Victorian state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on 27 June 1964 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 17 members of the 34-member Legislative Council. The Liberal and Country Party (LCP) government of Premier Hen ...


Europe

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1964 Danish parliamentary election General elections were held in Denmark on 22 September 1964. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter ...
* 1964 Gibraltar general election *
Greek legislative election, 1964 Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 16 February 1964. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p830 They resulted in a clear victory for Georgios Papandreou and his Center Union (EK). Papandreou s ...
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Luxembourgian legislative election, 1964 General elections were held in Luxembourg on 7 June 1964.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1244 Despite receiving fewer votes than the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, the Christian Social People ...
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1964 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1964.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 113 of the 233 seats in the ...


France

* 1964 French cantonal elections


United Kingdom

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1964 United Kingdom general election The 1964 United Kingdom general election was held on 15 October 1964, five years after the previous election, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party, first led by Winston Churchill, had regained power. It resulted in the Conservatives, ...
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1964 Greater London Council election The first election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 9 April 1964.List of MPs elected in the 1964 United Kingdom general election *
1964 Liverpool Scotland by-election The 1964 Liverpool Scotland by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 11 June 1964 for the House of Commons constituency of Liverpool Scotland. The by-election filled the vacancy left by the death of the Labour Member of Parl ...
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1964 London local elections The 1964 London local elections were held on 7 May 1964. They were the inaugural elections for the thirty-two London boroughs, which were created on 1 April 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. All seats were up for election, with polling sta ...
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1964 Rutherglen by-election There was a by-election for the constituency of Rutherglen in the House of Commons on 14 May 1964, not long before the 1964 general election. It was a Labour gain from the Conservatives, the candidate was Gregor Mackenzie. Unlike some by-election ...


United Kingdom local

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1964 Lambeth Council election The 1964 Lambeth Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Lambeth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council. The election is notable fo ...
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1964 Lewisham Council election The 1964 Lewisham Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Lewisham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained control of the council. Background These elect ...
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1964 Newham Council election The 1964 Newham London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Newham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained control of the council. Background ...
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1964 Southwark Council election The 1964 Southwark Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Southwark London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council. Background These el ...


North America


Canada

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1964 Edmonton municipal election The 1964 Edmonton municipal election was held October 14, 1964 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and seven trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. This was the first election since 1898 ...
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1964 Northwest Territories general election The 1964 Northwest Territories general election took place on March 31, 1964. Appointed members Elected members For complete electoral history, see individual districts References {{Northwest Territories elections 1964 elections in Canada ...
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1964 Ottawa municipal election The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 7, 1964. Controller Don Reid is elected as mayor, defeating incumbent mayor Charlotte Whitton, who placed third behind broadcaster Frank Ryan. Mayor of Ottawa Referendums Ot ...
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1964 Saskatchewan general election The 1964 Saskatchewan general election was held on April 22, 1964, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) government of Premier Woodrow Lloyd was defeated by the Liberal Party, ...
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1964 Toronto municipal election Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 7, 1964. Incumbent mayor Philip Givens defeated former mayor Allan Lamport. Toronto mayoral race Philip Givens had become mayor in late 1963 after the unexpected death of Donal ...
* 1964 Yukon general election


Caribbean

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1964 Haitian constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum was held in Haiti on 14 June 1964 alongside general elections. The new constitution made President François "Papa Doc" Duvalier president for life, with absolute power and the right to name his successor. It also ch ...


Mexico

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1964 Mexican general election General elections were held in Mexico on 5 July 1964.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p453 The presidential elections were won by Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, who received 90.4% of the vote. In the Chamber of ...


United States

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1964 United States presidential election The 1964 United States presidential election was the 45th quadrennial United States presidential election, presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic President of the Un ...
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1964 United States Senate elections The 1964 United States Senate elections coincided with the 1964 United States presidential election, election of President Lyndon B. Johnson by an overwhelming majority, to a full term. His Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party picke ...
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1964 United States House of Representatives elections The 1964 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1964 which coincided with the election to a full term of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson's landslide victory over Bar ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1964 *
1964 Massachusetts gubernatorial election The 1964 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Governor Endicott Peabody ran for re-election, but was defeated by then- Lieutenant Governor Francis X. Bellotti in the Democratic Party primary. Bellotti wen ...
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1964 New York state election The 1964 New York state election was held on November 3, 1964, to elect a U.S. Senator from New York, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. U.S. Senate Democratic former U.S. Attorney General Robert ...


United States Senate

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1964 United States Senate elections The 1964 United States Senate elections coincided with the 1964 United States presidential election, election of President Lyndon B. Johnson by an overwhelming majority, to a full term. His Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party picke ...
* United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1964 * United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1964


Oceania


Australia

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1964 Australian Senate election Elections were held on 5 December 1964 to elect members to half of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate. There was no accompanying election to the House of Representatives, as Robert Menzies had called an early House-only election the previou ...
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1964 Tasmanian state election The 1964 Tasmanian state election was held on 2 May 1964 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system1964 Victorian state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on 27 June 1964 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 17 members of the 34-member Legislative Council. The Liberal and Country Party (LCP) government of Premier Hen ...


South America

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1964 Chilean presidential election Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 September 1964. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p262 The result was a victory for Eduardo Frei Montalva of the Christian Democratic Party, who received ...
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1964 Falkland Islands general election The Falkland Islands general election of 1964 was held on 16 and 17 March 1964 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Four out of the ten Councillors were elected through universal suffrage, two from Stanley and one each from East Falkland a ...
* 1964 Guatemalan Constitutional Assembly election * 1964 Panamanian general election * 1964 Salvadoran legislative election


See also

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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 ...
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