General elections were held in
Swaziland in October 1983. The elections was held using 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 ...
system, in which voters elected members to an electoral college, who then selected 40 non-party candidates for the
Parliament
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, whilst the
King
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appointed a further ten. Although there was no voter registration, the government claimed
voter turnout
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was around 80%, although there were suggestions that people were pressured to vote.
Tinkhundla elections, 1978-1993
EISA
References
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Non-partisan elections
1983
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Election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
1983 elections in Africa