1952 Kenyan general election

General elections were held in Kenya in 1952.

Electoral system

The number of European seats in the Legislative Council was increased from 11 to 14, with two new constituencies in the countryside and one in western Nairobi.^[1] The number of Indian seats was increased from five to six, although two seats were allotted to Muslims at their request.^[1] All but one of the Indian candidates were running on behalf of the East African Indian National Congress, which supported a boycott of the Council in protest at the division of the Indian seats based on religion.^[1] The majority Black population was not entitled to vote, and instead six members (an increase from four) were appointed by the Governor from lists drawn up by local governments following hustings.^[1]

Results

Elected members

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Notes
European seats
Aberdare (6 June)	Humprey Slade	494	54.6	Elected
	Thomas Cholmondeley	410	45.4
Coast (3 June)	Shirley Victor Cooke	185	50.7	Re-elected
	George Alexander Heath	119	32.6
	George Bennett Mouseley	61	16.7
Kiambu	Wilfrid Havelock	Unopposed		Re-elected
Mau (30 May)	William Crosskill	298	70.6	Elected
	HE Buzton	124	29.4
Mombasa	Cyril Usher	Unopposed		Elected
Mount Kenya (7 June)	Llewellyn Briggs	422	64.6	Elected
	Thomas Chippindall Colquitt Lewin	231	35.4
Nairobi North	Stanley Ghersie	Unopposed		Elected
Nairobi South (10 June)	Norman Harris	1,082	49.7	Elected
	Derek Erskine	724	33.3	Defeated
	Leo Eric Vigar	371	17.0
Nairobi West (3 June)	Ewart Grogan	770	71.6	Elected
	Jean Remi Martin	305	28.4
Nyanza (2 June)	Agnes Shaw	632	66.6	Elected
	Noel Irwin	317	33.4
Rift Valley	Michael Blundell	Unopposed		Re-elected
Trans Nzoia	Albert George Keyser	Unopposed		Re-elected
Uasin Gishu	Laurence Maconochie-Welwood	Unopposed		Re-elected
Ukamba	Dorothy Shaw	Unopposed		Re-elected
Non-Muslim Indian seats
Central (8 June)	Chanan Singh Daulat Ram	8,410	35.6	Elected
	Chunilal Madan	5,886	24.9	Re-elected
	Dahabhai Travadi	5,798	24.5
	S G Amin	2,719	11.5
	K B Shah	813	3.4
Eastern (31 May–1 June)	Ambalal Bhailalbhar Patel	3,874	57.6	Re-elected
	Dosalal Ghelabhai Mehta	2,846	42.4
Western (4 June)	Jethabhai Somabhai Patel	3,102	50.3	Elected
	Ahluwalia Pritam	3,065	49.7	Defeated
Muslim Indian seats
East (7–8 June)	Sayed Ghula Hassan Sayed Ali Mohamed Shah	2,932	55.2	Elected
	Mohamed Ali Rana	2,377	44.8
West	Ibrahim Nathoo	Unopposed		Re-elected
Arab seat
Colony and Protectorate (4 June)	Mahfood Saleh Mackawi	465	52.0	Elected
	Mohamed Abdulla Shatry	430	48.0	Defeated
Source: East Africa and Rhodesia[2]

Aftermath

The newly elected Council convened for the first time on 12 June.^[3]

References

1. "Elections In Kenya: Inter-Racial Rivalries At The Hustings", The Times, 7 June 1952, p7, Issue 52332
2. "Nominations for the General Election in Kenya", East Africa and Rhodesia, 20 August 1956, p1866
3. "Future Policy In Kenya "Self-Government The Objective"", The Times, 14 June 1952, p5, 52338