1971 Malawian general election

General elections were due to be held in Malawi on 17 April 1971, the first since the pre-independence elections in 1964. The Malawi Congress Party had been the only legally permitted party in the country since 1966. Each of the 60 constituencies had three to five candidates nominated by party committees.[1] These candidates were then submitted to President Hastings Banda, who selected a single candidate for each seat.[2] As there was only one candidate for each constituency, no voting actually took place on election day, as there was no opposition.[3]

1971 Malawian general election
17 April 1971
All 64 seats in the National Assembly
34 seats needed for a majority
  First party
 
Leader Hastings Banda
Party MCP
Last election 50
Seats won 56
Seat change Increase 6
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However, only 56 of the seats were filled, and following the election, Banda nominated another eight members to the National Assembly.[3]

Results
PartySeats+/–
Malawi Congress Party56+6
Appointed members8New
Vacant4–
Total68+15
Source: African Elections Database, IPU

References
  1. Malawi: Era of One Party Rule (1964-1992) Archived 2010-01-25 at the Wayback Machine EISA
  2. Milutin Tomanović, ed. (1972). Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1971 [The Chronicle of International Events in 1971] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics. p. 2680.
  3. Malawi Inter-Parliamentary Union
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