General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia

Northern Rhodesia

Northern Rhodesia was a territory in south central Africa, formed in 1911. It became independent in 1964 as Zambia.It was initially administered under charter by the British South Africa Company and formed by it in 1911 by amalgamating North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia...

 on 20 and 21 January 1964. There were two voter rolls for the Legislative Council

National Assembly of Zambia

The unicameral National Assembly of Zambia is the country's legislative body.The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 20 September 2011, has a total of 156 members . 150 members are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority system...

, a main roll that elected 65 seats, and a reserved roll that elected 10. Blacks elected the main roll, whilst whites elected the reserve roll. Other ethnicities were allowed to choose which roll to be part of. The United National Independence Party

United National Independence Party

The United National Independence Party is a political party in Zambia. It governed that country from 1964 to 1991 under the presidency of Kenneth Kaunda....

 won the election, taking 55 of the common roll seats. Its leader, Kenneth Kaunda

Kenneth Kaunda

Kenneth David Kaunda, known as KK, served as the first President of Zambia, from 1964 to 1991.-Early life:Kaunda was the youngest of eight children. He was born at Lubwa Mission in Chinsali, Northern Province of Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia...

 became Prime Minister, leading the country to independence in October that year, at which point he became President. Voter turnout was 94.8% for the main roll and 74.1% for the reserved roll.

Results

Party	Main roll seats			Reserved roll seats			Total seats
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
United National Independence Party United National Independence Party The United National Independence Party is a political party in Zambia. It governed that country from 1964 to 1991 under the presidency of Kenneth Kaunda....	570,612	69.1	|55	6,177	35.2	|0	|55
Zambian African National Congress Zambian African National Congress The Zambian African National Congress was a political organisation dedicated to promoting the rights of black people in Zambia. ZANC was formed in 1958, following a split from the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress. The president of ZANC was Kenneth Kaunda. In 1959 the party was banned...	251,963	30.5	10	165	0.9	0	10
National Progressive Party
0	11,157	63.6	10	10
Independents	3,662	0.4	0	35	0.2	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	4,178
224
Total	830,415	100	65	17,758	100	10	75
Source: Nohlen et al