1965 Congolese Legislative Election
18 March – 30 April 1965 · Independence and collapse · 167 seats
Convention Nationale Congolaise finished first with 38 of 167 seats on 9.2% of the vote. Évariste Kimba replaced Moïse Tshombe.
President before
Moïse Tshombe
CONAKAT
President after
Évariste Kimba
FDC
Largest force
Convention Nationale Congolaise
38 of 167 seats
Turnout
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The result
| Share of the National Assembly | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convention Nationale Congolaise | — | 38 | — | 227 961 | 9.2% | — | |
| CONAKAT | — | 9 | +1 | 178 302 | 7.2% | — | |
| Congolese Democratic Union | — | 10 | — | 162 016 | 6.6% | — | |
| Association of the Wanande of Beni and Lubero | — | 7 | — | 104 896 | 4.3% | — | |
| Rally for Congolese Democracy/Conaco | — | 4 | — | 91 475 | 3.7% | — | |
| African Democratic Union-Lubaya | — | 4 | — | 64 845 | 2.6% | — | |
| LUKA | — | 4 | +1 | 62 856 | 2.5% | — | |
| Katangan Common Front | — | 3 | — | 59 223 | 2.4% | — | |
| Congolese Regrouping Party/Conaco | — | 4 | — | 56 698 | 2.3% | — | |
| Congolese National Party/Conaco | — | 4 | — | 52 060 | 2.1% | — | |
| Congolese Regrouping/Conaco | — | 6 | — | 49 675 | 2.0% | — | |
| Congolese Democrat Party/Conaco | — | 4 | — | 49 039 | 2.0% | — | |
| Luba People's Rally/Conaco | — | 4 | — | 48 944 | 2.0% | — | |
| Congolese Democratic Party/Conaco | — | 2 | — | 42 878 | 1.7% | — | |
| Movement for the Democratic Evolution of Africa | — | 2 | — | 36 441 | 1.5% | — | |
| Association of Socialist Christians of Congo | — | 3 | — | 36 430 | 1.5% | — | |
| Congolese National Party | — | 3 | — | 35 275 | 1.4% | — | |
| Popular Movement of Sankuru/Conaco | — | 2 | — | 34 811 | 1.4% | — | |
| PDR/Conaco | — | 5 | — | 29 277 | 1.2% | — | |
| Cartels CONACO/Conaco | — | 1 | — | 23 052 | 0.9% | — | |
| Congolese Democratic Rally | — | 1 | — | 19 912 | 0.8% | — | |
| Basonge Unity Movement/Conaco | — | 3 | +2 | 16 314 | 0.7% | — | |
| National Public Salvation Front/Conaco | — | 1 | — | 15 104 | 0.6% | — | |
| CTS–UPP/Conaco | — | 1 | — | 9 781 | 0.4% | — | |
| Association of Socialist Christians of Congo | — | 1 | — | 6 226 | 0.3% | — | |
| ABAKO | — | 10 | -2 | 136 226 | 5.5% | — | |
| BALUKABAT | — | 3 | — | 64 866 | 2.6% | — | |
| Mouvement National Congolais-Lumumba | — | 2 | -34 | 31 874 | 1.3% | — | |
| ATCAR | — | 2 | +1 | 24 710 | 1.0% | — | |
| Party of National Unity | — | 4 | -4 | 82 601 | 3.4% | — | |
| Parti Solidaire Africain-Kamitatu | — | 4 | -9 | 79 358 | 3.2% | — | |
| Mwinda-Bakongo | — | 5 | — | 68 750 | 2.8% | — | |
| Budjala Union | — | 1 | — | 32 780 | 1.3% | — | |
| ATCAR-Conaco | — | 1 | — | 25 375 | 1.0% | — | |
| Association of Citizens of Tshuapa | — | 2 | — | 22 011 | 0.9% | — | |
| Union of the Citizens of Lake Leopold II | — | 1 | — | 19 944 | 0.8% | — | |
| Common Front of North Kivu | — | 1 | — | 19 179 | 0.8% | — | |
| Congolese Democratic Party | — | 1 | — | 15 059 | 0.6% | — | |
| Congolese Rural Party | — | 1 | — | 21 861 | 0.9% | — | |
| INTERCOUP-Huapa | — | 1 | — | 11 645 | 0.5% | — | |
| BA-LIKOLO | — | 1 | — | 9 634 | 0.4% | — | |
| Regional parties | — | 0 | 0 | 274 778 | 11.1% | — | |
| Independents | — | 1 | +1 | 12 815 | 0.5% | — |