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1965 Rhodesian general election

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Field	Value
country	Rhodesia (1964-1965)
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1962 Southern Rhodesian general election
previous_year	1962
next_election	1970 Rhodesian general election
next_year	1970
seats_for_election	All 65 seats in the Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	33
election_date	7 May 1965
image1	Ian Smith 1950s.jpg
leader1	Ian Smith
party1	Rhodesian Front
last_election1	35
seats1	50
seat_change1	15
image2	3x4.svg
leader2	Josiah Gondo
party2	Rhodesia Party
last_election2	–
seat_change2	New
seats2	10
map_image	1965 Rhodesian general election results.svg
map_caption	Composition of the Legislative Assembly after the election
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Ian Smith
after_election	Ian Smith
before_party	Rhodesian Front
after_party	Rhodesian Front

General elections were held in Rhodesia, renamed the year before from Southern Rhodesia, on 7 May 1965. The results was a victory for the ruling Rhodesian Front, which won 50 of the 65 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Rhodesia. Later in the year, the government made a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI).

Electoral system

The election was held using two electoral rolls, an A roll, which was largely white (95,208 whites and 2,256 black Africans) and a B roll, which was largely African. Although both rolls could vote for all 65 seats, A roll votes were given higher weighting for the 50 constituency seats, and B roll votes higher weighting for the 15 district seats.

Campaign

Two parties contested the elections; the Rhodesian Front ran in all 50 constituency seats (in 22 of which it was unopposed) but no district seats. The Rhodesia Party ran in both the constituency and district seats.

Results

Party	Constituency	District	Total
seats	+/−	A roll	B roll	Seats	A roll	B roll	Seats	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Rhodesian Front}}		Rhodesian Front	28,175	79.32	206	28.61	50		50	+15
Rhodesia Party}}		Rhodesia Party	6,381	17.96	505	70.14	0	12,936	42.13	754	52.25	10	10	New
Independent politician}}		Independents	964	2.71	4	0.56	0	17,770	57.87	689	47.75	5	5	+4
Total	35,520	100.00	720	100.00	50	30,706	100.00	1,443	100.00	15	65	0
Valid votes	35,520	98.86	720	82.10		30,706	86.98	1,443	88.20
Invalid/blank votes	411	1.14	157	17.90	4,595	13.02	193	11.80
Total votes	35,931	100.00	877	100.00	35,301	100.00	1,636	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	97,284	36.9	11,577	7.5	97,284	36.2	11,577	14.0
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

[http://africanelections.tripod.com/zw.html#1965_House_of_Assembly_Election 7 May 1965 House of Assembly Election] African Elections Database
[[Dolf Sternberger]], [[Bernhard Vogel (politician). Bernhard Vogel]], [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1678

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