The party was established in April 1963 as a continuation of the Nyasaland branch of the United Federal Party.
[2] In the 1964 general elections the NCP won all three "special roll" seats reserved for Europeans (for which there were only 814 registered voters) unopposed.
[3] In 1966 Malawi became a one-party state with the Malawi Congress Party as the sole legal party.
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