[2] All constituencies were contested by more than one candidate with the exception of Broken Hill, where Labour Party leader Roy Welensky was returned unopposed.
[3] The incumbent members for Livingstone and Western (Francis Sinclair), Luanshya (Michael McGann) and Nkana (Martin Visagie) did not run for re-election.
[3] Following the elections, a petition was sent to the Governor requesting the annulment of the result in Ndola.
An enquiry by the Acting Chief Justice found that seven ballots had been improperly rejected, meaning that the result would have been a tie.
[5] A by-election was held on 4 December,[6] in which the original winner Godfrey Pelletier opted not to run.