General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 14 August 1948.
[1] The ten elected members of the Legislative Council (an increase from eight in the 1944 elections) were elected from ten single-member constituencies.
[2] Two new constituencies were created; Lusaka was split out of the Midland constituency, whilst Mufulira–Chingola was created by taking Mufulira from the Luanshya constituency and Chingola from the Nkana constituency.
[2] The Livingstone and Western and Southern constituencies were reorganised into Livingstone and South-Western.
There were a total of 7,086 registered voters.