General elections were held for the Legislative Council in Nyasaland

Nyasaland

Nyasaland or the Nyasaland Protectorate, was a British protectorate located in Africa, which was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. Since 1964, it has been known as Malawi....

 in August 1961. There were two voter rolls, a lower roll which elected 20 members, and had 106,095 registered voters, and a higher roll, which elected eight members, with 4,337 registered voters. Voter turnout was 91.5% on the lower roll and 85% on the higher roll. The result was a victory for the Malawi Congress Party

Malawi Congress Party

The Malawi Congress Party is a political party in Malawi.It was the successor to the Nyasaland African Congress , which was banned in 1959.The MCP was founded by Hastings Banda and other NAC leaders in 1960....

, which won all 20 lower roll seats (in five of which they were unopposed) and two of the eight higher roll seats.

Results

Party	Lower roll			Higher roll			Total seats
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Malawi Congress Party Malawi Congress Party The Malawi Congress Party is a political party in Malawi.It was the successor to the Nyasaland African Congress , which was banned in 1959.The MCP was founded by Hastings Banda and other NAC leaders in 1960....	71,659	98.8	20	385	10.3	2	22
United Federal Party United Federal Party The United Federal Party, previously known as the United Party and the United Rhodesia Party, was one of Southern Rhodesia's most successful political parties, and governed the country for over 30 years...	607	0.8	0	2,108	56.6	5	5
Independents
0	1,232	33.0	1	1
Christian Liberation Party	272	0.4	0
|-	0	0
Total	72,538	100	20	3,725	100	8	28
Source: Nohlen et al