1961 Burundian parliamentary election

1961 Burundian parliamentary election
	All 64 seats in the National Assembly; 33 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.39%
Joseph Cimpaye; UPP	Louis Rwagasore; UPRONA

Parliamentary elections were held in Burundi on 18 September 1961 to elect all 64 members of the National Assembly and a government to lead the country following its independence from Belgium in 1962. With 75% voter turnout, the elections resulted in a victory for the Union for National Progress (UPRONA) led by Louis Rwagasore, which received over 80% of the vote and won 58 seats. Rwagasore became prime minister in the new government, but he was assassinated two weeks after the elections.^[1]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Union for National Progress	627,453	80.97	58
	Common Front^[a]	138,406	17.86	6
	Association of the Middle Classes, Clerks, and Intellectuals	3,470	0.45	0
	Union of People's Parties	2,452	0.32	0
	African National Union of Ruanda-Urundi	1,641	0.21	0
	Burundi People	1,461	0.19	0
Total		774,883	100.00	64

Valid votes		774,883	98.96
Invalid/blank votes		8,144	1.04
Total votes		783,027	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,038,653	75.39
Source: African Elections Database

^ The Party of the People won four of the six seats, with the Christian Democratic Party taking the remaining two.^[2]

References

^ McDonald, Gordon C., ed. (1969). Area Handbook for Burundi (PDF). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 78. OCLC 953395348.
^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p161 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

[3] The Party of the People won four of the six seats, with the Christian Democratic Party taking the remaining two.^[2]

[1] McDonald, Gordon C., ed. (1969). Area Handbook for Burundi (PDF). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 78. OCLC 953395348.

[2] Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p161 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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