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1983 Malawian general election

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Field	Value
country	Malawi
type	parliamentary
election_date	29–30 June 1983
previous_election	1978 Malawian general election
previous_year	1978
next_election	1987 Malawian general election
next_year	1987
seats_for_election	All 101 elected seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	51
image1	Dr HK Banda, first president of Malawi.jpg
leader1	Hastings Banda
party1	Malawi Congress Party
last_election1	87
seats1	101
seat_change1	14

General elections were held in Malawi on 29 and 30 June 1983. As the country had become a one-party state in 1966, the Malawi Congress Party was the sole legal party at the time. The number of seats was increased to 101, whilst president for life Hastings Banda was able to appoint as many additional members as he saw fit to "enhance the representative character of the Assembly, or to represent particular minority or other special interests in the Republic." Ultimately, an additional 11 members were appointed.

In 21 constituencies there was only a single MCP candidate, who was elected unopposed. In the remaining 80 seats there were between two and five candidates, all of which were from the MCP. and had to declare their allegiance to Banda in order to be allowed to stand.

Results

References

[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/MALAWI_1983_E.PDF Malawi] Inter-Parliamentary Union
All prospective candidates were vetted by Banda after being nominated by MCP committees,[http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/malonepartyrule.htm Malawi: Era of One Party Rule (1964-1992)] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-01-25 EISA)
(1971). "Malawi Handbook". [[Central Intelligence Agency]].

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