General elections were held in

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between 20 and 24 October 1958.

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, Bernhard Vogel,

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& Klaus Landfried (1978) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband'', p2325 They were the first elections to the

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, and were boycotted by the Ganda. The result was a victory for the

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, which won five of the ten seats.Elections in Uganda
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