1965 Bruneian general election

General elections were held for the first time in Brunei on 20 March 1965.

[1][2] To date, they are the last elections held in the country.

The majority of the 36 candidates contesting the election were independents, some of which were former members of the banned Brunei People's Party (PRB).

[3] In December 1963 Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III announced that general elections would be held within the next two years.

[4] Three of the elected councillors – Yusof Limbang, Zainal Abidin Puteh and Abdul Wahab Safar – were former BRP members.