1965 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
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General elections were held in the
Chamber of Deputies.[1]
The elections were won by parties allied with the
Moise Tshombe, which won a total of 80 seats.[2] Following the elections, the results were disputed by several parties. The Léopoldville Court of Appeal accepted six of them, and re-runs were required in Kivu Central, Goma-Rutshuru, Cuvette Centrale, Fizi, Kwilu and Maniema, which were held between 8 and 22 August 1965.[1]
Despite Tshombe's party winning the election, President
military coup in November. By the next election in 1970, Mobutu had eliminated all opposition parties, allowing his Popular Movement of the Revolution to run unopposed. As a result, the 1965 election would be the last in which opposition parties were allowed to participate until 2006
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Congolese Democratic Rally | 19,912 | 0.81 | 1 | New | |
| Common Front of North Kivu | 19,179 | 0.78 | 1 | New | |
| Basonge Unity Movement (CONACO) | 16,314 | 0.66 | 3 | +2 | |
| Congolese Democratic Party | 15,059 | 0.61 | 1 | New | |
| National Public Salvation Front (CONACO) | 15,104 | 0.61 | 1 | New | |
| INTERCOUP-Huapa | 11,645 | 0.47 | 1 | New | |
| CTS–UPP (CONACO) | 9,781 | 0.40 | 1 | New | |
| BA-LIKOLO | 9,634 | 0.39 | 1 | New | |
| Association of Socialist Christians of Congo | 6,226 | 0.25 | 1 | New | |
| Regional parties | 274,778 | 11.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 12,815 | 0.52 | 1 | +1 | |
| Total | 2,466,957 | 100.00 | 167 | +30 | |
| Source: Sternberger et al.[3] | |||||
References
- ^ a b DRC: Electoral Operation of the 1965 election Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine EISA
- ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen& Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, pp2432−2433
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