1961 Kenyan general election
General elections were held in Kenya in February 1961. The result was a victory for the Kenya African National Union, which won 19 of the 53 elected seats.Twenty seats were reserved for minority communities; ten for whites, eight for Indians and two for Arabs. There were also twelve appointees. Primary elections were held for the reserved seats by members of the respective communities, and candidates receiving at least 25% of the vote advanced to the main elections.
Of the 1,411,117 registered voters, 29,879 were Indian, 19,332 white and 5,472 Arabs.Results
Nine constituencies were uncontested, reducing the number of actual voters to 1,057,866.
