As five constituencies in the lower roll were uncontested, only 75,707 voters were eligible on election day.
[2] All members were elected from single-member constituencies, which largely followed the same boundaries as the country's districts.
As the Lancaster House agreement provided that two Executive Council seats would go to ministers elected from the higher roll, it was thought that the mainly white United Federal Party would gain both these seats.
In the event, the United Federal Party only won five seats, two going to Congress and one to a Congress-inclined independent, Colin Cameron.
The Governor offered the United Federal Party a single Executive Council seat, which it refused.