Kenyan general election, 1961

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General elections were held in Kenya in February 1961. The result was a victory for the Kenya African National Union, which won 19 of the 53 elected seats.

Electoral system

Twenty seats were reserved for minority communities; ten for whites, eight for Indians and two for Arabs. There were also twelve appointees.^[1] Primary elections were held for the reserved seats by members of the respective communities, and candidates receiving at least 25% of the vote advanced to the main elections.^[2]

Of the 1,411,117 registered voters, 29,879 (2.18%) were Indian, 19,332 (1.37%) white and 5,472 (0.38%) Arabs.^[3]

Results

Nine constituencies (with a total of 353,251 registered voters) were uncontested, reducing the number of actual voters to 1,057,866.^[3]

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Kenya African National Union	590,661	67.5	19
Kenya African Democratic Union	143,079	16.3	11
Baluhya Political Union	28,817	3.3	1
New Kenya Party	28,284	3.2	4
Kenya Indian Congress	10,488	1.2	3
Kenya Coalition	8,891	1.0	3
Kenya Freedom Party	5,263	0.6	2
Kenya National Congress	4,561	0.5	0
Shungwaya Freedom Party	3,748	0.4	1
Coast People's Party	1,693	0.2	0
Tana River Pokomo Union	699	0.1	0
African independents	13,917	1.6	1
Arab independents	5,712	0.6	2
Asian Hindu independents	4,648	0.5	0
Asian Muslim independents	11,880	1.3	3
European independents	12,768	1.4	3
Appointed members	−	−	12
Invalid/blank votes	9,678	−	−
Total	884,787	100	65
Registered voters/turnout	1,057,866	83.6	−
Source: Sternberger et al

References

↑ Elections in Kenya African Election Database
↑ Robert M. Maxon & Thomas P. Ofcansky (2014) Historical Dictionary of Kenya, Rowman & Littlefield, p202
1 2 Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p972

Elections and referendums in Kenya

Presidential elections	1992 1997 2002 2007 2013 2017

Parliamentary elections	1920 1924 1927 1931 1934 1938 1944 1948 1952 1956 1957 1961 1963 1966 1969 1974 1979 1983 1988 1992 1997 2002 2007 2013 2017

Local elections	1992 1997 2002 2007 2013

Referendums	2005 2010

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