32:
944:
586:
The restrictions meant that out of a population of around 2.3 million, only 3,000 Africans qualified to vote (1,500 as ordinary voters and 1,500 as special voters). Many of the 178,000 Europeans in the territory were unable to vote as they were not
British citizens, but 74,000 qualified as ordinary
582:
The special voter category was a new concept introduced for the 1958 elections, with a lower requirement of having an income of at least £240 a year and being literate, or having had an income of £120 a year for two years and having completed two years of secondary education. However, the number
578:
The elections were held using a restrictive franchise, which was divided into 'ordinary' voters and 'special' voters, although both voted for the same set of candidates. Ordinary voters were required to have a minimum income of £720 per annum or be literate and own £1,500 of property, or have a
583:
special voters was capped at one-sixth of the electoral roll in each constituency. If the number of special voters exceeded one-sixth of the electorate, the number of votes cast by special voters was devalued by an amount that would result in their votes equalling one-sixth of those cast.
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voters and 1,500 as special voters. From a population of 13,000 Asian and mixed-race residents, 1,500 qualified as ordinary voters and 8,000 as special voters. Overall, 88,000 people were qualified to vote from a population of around 2.5 million.
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minimum income of £480, own £1,000 of property and have completed primary education, or have a minimum income of £300 (or own £500 of property) and have completed four years of secondary education.
595:
Had the alternative vote system not been introduced, the
Dominion Party would have won the elections with 17 of the 30 seats. However, when preferences were taken into account, it won only 13.
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429:
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880:"'Equality of Rights for Every Civilised Man South of the Zambezi': Electoral Engineering in Southern Rhodesia, 1957–65"
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31:
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62:
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The thirty members of the
Legislative Assembly were elected from single-member constituencies by
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552:
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131:
663:
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22:
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146:
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453:
536:
127:
101:
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902:
Source Book of
Parliamentary Elections and Referenda in Southern Rhodesia 1898–1962
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571:, with voters able to list candidates in order of preference. This replaced the
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received the most votes, the result was a victory for the ruling
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Elections in the
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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541:Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly
430:Unilateral Declaration of Independence
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949:Elections and referendums in Zimbabwe
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539:on 5 June 1958 for the seats in the
884:Journal of Southern African Studies
575:system used in previous elections.
562:
13:
551:, which won 17 seats. The revived
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860:
942:
407:Zimbabwe African People's Union
397:Zimbabwe African National Union
30:
535:General elections were held in
386:United African National Council
1397:Elections in Southern Rhodesia
894:
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1:
857:The Guardian, 14 October 2002
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559:failed to win a single seat.
79:Rhodesia–Nyasaland Federation
439:Ministry of External Affairs
7:
855:Obituary: Sir Garfield Todd
10:
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1407:June 1958 events in Africa
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1392:1958 in Southern Rhodesia
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818:Registered voters/turnout
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796:
779:
762:
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351:African National Congress
1387:1958 elections in Africa
193:Leader of the Opposition
1005:Parliamentary elections
957:Presidential elections
900:F.M.G. Willson (1963)
376:Rhodesian Action Party
878:Jon Fraenkel (2015).
691:United Rhodesia Party
553:United Rhodesia Party
142:Deputy Prime Minister
664:United Federal Party
549:United Federal Party
391:United Federal Party
177:Legislative Assembly
23:Politics of Rhodesia
784:Invalid/blank votes
599:
573:first-past-the-post
272:Legislative Council
169:Legislative Council
598:
1374:
1373:
839:
838:
606:First preferences
537:Southern Rhodesia
533:
532:
444:Mission in Lisbon
423:Foreign relations
345:Political parties
102:Zimbabwe Rhodesia
71:Southern Rhodesia
45:Political history
1414:
1178:Senate elections
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563:Electoral system
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1215:Local elections
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890:(6): 1167–1180.
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835:Source: Willson
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361:Labour Party
305:Referendums
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130: /
126: /
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15:
1309:Referendums
801:Total votes
767:Valid votes
609:Final count
476:other flags
159:Legislature
105:(under UDI)
1381:Categories
1366:See also:
842:References
185:Parliament
118:Government
99:1979
206:Elections
132:President
454:Passport
212:General
124:Governor
87:Rhodesia
54:Overview
591:Results
147:Cabinet
51:—
904:, p180
821:55,082
807:100.00
804:40,317
770:39,701
752:100.00
749:38,778
746:100.00
743:39,701
674:17,416
668:16,840
647:18,314
641:18,142
482:Anthem
409:(ZAPU)
399:(ZANU)
97:
89:under
824:73.19
773:98.47
740:Total
701:2,981
698:11.72
695:4,652
677:44.91
671:42.42
650:47.23
644:45.70
626:Votes
620:Votes
612:Seats
603:Party
432:(UDI)
128:Queen
1356:2013
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1346:1979
1341:1969
1336:1964
1331:1961
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1023:1905
1018:1902
1013:1899
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990:2018
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790:1.53
729:0.17
723:0.17
704:7.69
472:Flag
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