The Federal Party was formed on 7 August 1953 by the leaders of the ruling parties in the three territories in order to contest the federal elections in December.
[1] The elections saw the new party win 24 of the 35 seats.
In the general elections in Northern Rhodesia the following year, it won ten of the twelve elected seats.
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