General elections were held in Swaziland on 16 and 24 October 1998. 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 55 non-party candidates for the

Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...

, whilst the

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

appointed a further ten. 198,445 voters were registered (out of a potential pool of around 400,000 due to calls from the opposition to boycott the election),The fifth Tinkhundla general elections, 1998
EISA with 119,845 casting votes, giving a turnout of 60.4%.
African Elections Database

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Non-partisan elections Elections in Eswatini

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