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1976 Malawian general election

Field	Value
country	Malawi
type	parliamentary
election_date	24 May 1976
previous_election	1971 Malawian general election
previous_year	1971
next_election	1978 Malawian general election
next_year	1978
seats_for_election	All 85 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	43
image1	Dr HK Banda, first president of Malawi.jpg
leader1	Hastings Banda
party1	Malawi Congress Party
last_election1	56
seats1	70
seat_change1	14
map_image	1976 Malawian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg
map_caption	Results by constituency

General elections were due to be held in Malawi on 24 May 1976. They were the first to be held after President Hastings Banda became president for life in 1971.

Banda's Malawi Congress Party had been the only legally permitted party since 1966. Each of the 70 constituencies had a maximum of five candidates proposed by at least two registered voters and nominated by MCP committees. All prospective candidates had to declare their allegiance to Banda in order to stand. These candidates' names were then submitted to Banda, who personally vetted the prospective candidates before selecting a single candidate for each constituency. As a result, no voting took place on election day and all 70 candidates were returned unopposed.

Following the elections, Banda nominated another 15 members to the National Assembly.

Results

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100125183929/http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/malonepartyrule.htm Malawi: Era of One Party Rule (1964-1992)] EISA
(1971). "Malawi Handbook". [[Central Intelligence Agency]].
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/MALAWI_1976_E.PDF Malawi] Inter-Parliamentary Union

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