General elections were held in
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in southern Africa, south central Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by Amalgamation (politics), amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-West ...
on 14 August 1948.
["General Election in N. Rhodesia: Four Candidates Returned Unopposed", ''East Africa and Rhodesia'', 29 July 1948, p1315]
Electoral system
The ten elected members of the Legislative Council (an increase from eight in the
1944 elections) were elected from ten single-member constituencies.
[''Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council'', Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, p23] Two new constituencies were created;
Lusaka
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was split out of the
Midland constituency, whilst
Mufulira–Chingola was created by taking
Mufulira
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...
from the
Luanshya constituency and
Chingola from the
Nkana constituency.
[
The Livingstone and Western and ]Southern
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constituencies were reorganised into Livingstone
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*Livingstone Falls, on the Con ...
and South-Western. There were a total of 7,086 registered voters.[
]
Results
See also
* List of members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia (1948–53)
References
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Northern Rhodesia
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