Swazi general election, 1967

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General elections were held in Swaziland on 19 and 20 April 1967. The result was a second successive victory for the royalist Imbokodvo National Movement, which won 79.4% of the vote and all 24 seats.^[1]

Electoral system

Unlike the previous election in which there were two voter rolls for black and white voters, the election was held with a single voter roll.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
Imbokodvo National Movement	191,160	79.4	24	+15
Ngwane National Liberatory Congress	48,744	20.2	0	0
Swaziland United Front	681	0.3	0	New
Swaziland Progressive Party	356	0.2	0	0
Total	240,941	100	24	0

Valid votes	80,314	95.5
Invalid/blank votes	3,888	4.5
Total	84,685	100
Registered voters/turnout	106,121	79.8
Source: Nohlen et al.,^[2] Sternberger et al.^[3]

References

↑ Swaziland: 1967 Pre-independence General Election EISA
↑ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p868 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
↑ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2122

Elections in Swaziland

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Referendums	1962 1964

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