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Parliamentary elections were held in Burundi on 8 September 1961 in order to install a government to rule the country following independence from Belgium on 1 July 1962. The result was a victory for the Union for National Progress, which won over 80% of the vote and 58 of the 64 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 75.39%.
Results
a The Party of the People won four of the six seats, with the Christian Democratic Party taking the remaining two.
References
Burundian legislative election, 1961 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA