Rhodesian general election, 1965

1962 ←

7 May 1965

→ 1970

All 65 seats to the House of Assembly of Rhodesia 33 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Ian Smith	Josiah Gondo
Party	RF	NPP
Last election	35	N/A
Seats won	50	10
Seat change	15	10
Popular vote	N/A
Percentage	N/A ("A"-roll seats)	N/A ("B"-roll seats)

Prime Minister before election

Ian Smith
RF

Elected Prime Minister

Ian Smith
RF

General elections were held in Rhodesia on 7 May 1965. The results was a victory for the ruling Rhodesian Front, which won 50 of the 65 seats. Later in the year, the government made a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI).

The election was held using two electoral rolls, an A roll, which was largely white (95,208 whites and 2,256 black Africans) and a B roll, which was largely African. Although both rolls could vote for all 65 seats, A roll votes were given higher weighting for the 50 constituency seats, and B roll votes higher weighting for the 15 district seats.

Two parties contested the elections; the Rhodesian Front ran in all 50 constituency seats (in 22 of which it was unopposed) but no district seats. The Rhodesia Party ran in both the constituency and district seats.

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