Elections to the Legislative Council in Kenya in 1957

The elections to the Legislative Council in Kenya in 1957 took place in March 1957 in what was then the British Crown Colony of Kenya .

The national elections in 1957 were the first elections to the Kenya Legislative Council with universal suffrage. Fourteen Europeans, eight Africans, six Indians and one Arab were elected to the Legislative Council.

literature

• Dolf Sternberger , Bernhard Vogel , Dieter Nohlen , Klaus Landfried (eds.): The election of parliaments and other state organs: Political organization and representation in Africa . De Gruyter, 1978, ISBN 978-3-11-004518-5 .