1960 Papua New Guinean general election
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General elections were held in Papua and New Guinea on 27 August 1960.[1]
The 29-member Legislative Council consisted of the Administrator, 16 civil servants, nine members appointed by the Administrator (three representatives of the indigenous population, three representing European settlers and three representing missionaries) and three elected Europeans.[2][3] The Chinese community were also given the right to vote alongside Europeans.[4]
The three elected members were elected from three single-member constituencies, New Guinea Islands, New Guinea Mainland and Papua by preferential voting.[5]
