Nyasaland Constitutional Party
The Nyasaland Constitutional Party (NCP) was a political party in Malawi.
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The party was established in April 1963 as a continuation of the Nyasaland branch of the United Federal Party.[1] It was led by Michael Hill Blackwood, who had previously led the UFP in Nyasaland.[2]
In the 1964 general elections the NCP won all three "special roll" seats reserved for Europeans (for which there were only 814 registered voters) unopposed.[3]
In 1966 Malawi became a one-party state with the Malawi Congress Party as the sole legal party.[4]
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References
- JRT Wood (2012) So Far and No Further!: Rhodesia's Bid for Independence During the Retreat from Empire 1959-1965, Trafford Publishing, p146
- Owen J. M. Kalinga (2011) Historical Dictionary of Malawi, Scarecrow Press, p378
- Malawi: 1964 Legislative Assembly election results EISA
- 48. Malawi (1964-present) University of Central Arkansas
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