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ENIP Wins Mass Support The bare reporting of seats won obscures the fact of mass support. for UNIP. To analyze the election returns for party sunport, the national constituencies may be ignered, as werely swelling the totals, and che 14 upper roll and 15 lower roll constituencics considered. This will {ncluce one vote for every registered voter with the exception of the fifteenth upper rol) constituency where the election was postponed. Of chese 29 seats, 13 went to the UFP, 13 to UNIP, and three to ANC. There were 107,009 valid votes cast for these seats. Sixcy per cent of these votes went to UNLP, 21% to UFP, 16% to ANC, and 3% to Independents and minor parties. The disparity in scats won in relation to popular vote is largely due to the much smaller number of voters in the upper roll constituencies. The combined margin of victory for USIP on just two large lower roll constituencies in the Copperbelt totaled-more than all of the votes cast for the UFP in all 29 constituencies. One of the UrP myths is that they are supported by a large body of "moderate" Africans. The Nyasalend clection ended that myth there, and now the same has been done in Northern Rhodesia, It is customary, when parties are selective as to where they enter candidates, that they run for office in the constituencies where they are strongest. The UFP entered condidates in only four lower roll constituencies, These four men received a grand total of 180 votes. Another clear-cut result from the election is that four out of five votsrs voted for candidates committed to termination of the Federation of Rhodesia and nyasaland. Purpose of the Constitution Defeated : ose of the national seats was to weight the Lepi tive Coun- cil with members obtaining support from both races. No such persons were elected. Botit ANC and UNIP worked bard to woo European support with a campaign stressing moderation. The UFP fo t a "hate UNIP" campaign, led by Sir Roy Welencky an: sup- ported by the Territery's only daily newspaper, which successfully drove wavering white voters into the Pp camp, apparently convinced that the time bad not yet ar- sedation with African political aspiratio: rived lo scek accon As clearly shown by the voting im the national constituencies, the result wae strictly racial yoting. In the two national constituencics where candidates were elected, ft was done uot by support across racial lines because of confidence in the candicates but by cocpsration of partics with diamitricaily opposed policies. The cornering of the market on white voles by the Not only did ths abusive anei-UNTP campaign ccuse bitte and rouse mere fears en the pare of white vinced Q top UNLP leaders thar it is uv deal with them on a fricvadly bests. Kenncth Kaunga, Univ prosadent, with w. nea ond mis fi 3 value of U "6 oy phar on nenracialiem, attempts to rearsure the civil sorvice Northern Kredesia folle 5 Uhe election, it was Cay Le sense DP was a Pyrrhic victory. moss en the part of Arricans » but the strictly ractul veting also con- ss fo try ta placate whites und to ctl monbors VY Rational Cow cte. On a visit to? the in race relations. The prfee will be pid in soch specifics as fe Afri ization of the civil service, ah ine in relationships with Southern Kiodeuia, greater pressure alion, etc.