General elections were held in Rhodesia

Rhodesia

Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...

 on 7 May 1965. The election was held using two rolls, an "A" roll, which was largely white (around 90,000 whites and 2,256 blacks) and elected 50 seats, and a "B" roll, which was largely black and elected 15 seats. Only 10,544 voters were registered on the B roll. The ruling Rhodesian Front

Rhodesian Front

The Rhodesian Front was a political party in Southern Rhodesia when the country was under white minority rule. Led first by Winston Field, and, from 1964, by Ian Smith, the Rhodesian Front was the successor to the Dominion Party, which was the main opposition party in Southern Rhodesia during the...

 won all 50 A roll seats, whilst the National People's Party won 10 of the B roll seats.

Later in the year, the government made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.

Results

Party	A roll			B roll			Total
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Rhodesian Front Rhodesian Front The Rhodesian Front was a political party in Southern Rhodesia when the country was under white minority rule. Led first by Winston Field, and, from 1964, by Ian Smith, the Rhodesian Front was the successor to the Dominion Party, which was the main opposition party in Southern Rhodesia during the...			50			0			50
National People's Party			0			10			10
Others			0			5			5
Total			50			15			65
Source: African Elections Database