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Parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda on 25 September 1961 alongside a referendum on the country's monarchy. The result was a victory for MDR-Parmehutu, which won 35 of the 44 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Voter turnout was 95.6%.
They were the last multiparty elections held in Rwanda until 2003.
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Rwandan parliamentary election, 1961 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA