The BPP won 54 seats (32 uncontested), whilst the sole independent elected later joined the party.

A December 1961 Legislative Council (LegCo) law allowed all citizens older than twenty-one to vote.

[5] On 30 August 1962 the results were announced,[6] and the PRB had won all but one of the remaining seats, with Metusin Ali Akbar elected in the Labu constituency in Temburong.

[6] However, Akbar subsequently joined the PRB meaning it held all seats on every council and was guaranteed 16 elected members in the LegCo.

[5] On his birthday, 23 September 1962, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III announced the selection of members of the Executive Council and LegCo, defying persistent appeals from the PRB for a democratic administration and a change to the constitution.

[8] The sultan chaired a meeting of the committee he had formed to look into the terms and circumstances of Brunei's admission into the proposed Malaysia Federation on the day the nominees were made public.

They included the principal local officers and traditional advisers, Dennis White, Joseph S. Gould, Dato Neil Lawson, and a Chinese community representative.

Serious ramifications resulted from the dominant PRB wanting a larger say in political decision-making, leading to the Brunei revolt.