Tanganyikan_general_election,_1958–1959

1958–59 Tanganyikan general election

1958–59 Tanganyikan general election

Election of the Tanganyika African National Union to the Legislative Council

General elections were held in Tanganyika in September 1958 and February 1959. Elections were held in five constituencies on 8 and 12 September 1958, and in the other five on 9 and 15 February 1959.[1] The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) and affiliated independents won all 30 elected seats in the Legislative Council.

Ballot paper used in Tanga Province Constituency

Campaign

Fifteen of the 30 elected seats were uncontested, all of which were won by the TANU.[2] In each constituency, voters voted for an African, Asian and European candidate.[3] A further 34 members were appointed.[4]

Results

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By constituency

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Aftermath

In December 1959, the United Kingdom agreed to the establishment of internal self-government, after fresh elections the following year.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, pp875-879 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. [2]
    Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2166
  3. [3]
    Nohlen et al., p873
  4. [4]
    Elections in Tanzania African Elections Database
  5. [5]
    Tanganyika Gazette, 27 February 1959, p161
  6. [6]
    Tanganyika Gazette, 26 September 1958, p762
  7. [7]
    E. B. M. Barongo (1966) Mkiki mkiki wa siasa Tanganyika, pp104–106
  8. [8]
    D. Z. Mwaga (1981 Historia ya chama cha TANU, 1954 hadi 1977, p58
  9. [9]
    Godfrey Mwakikagile (2008) The Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar: Product of the Cold War?, Intercontinental Books, pp19–20
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