The state of emergency declared by the Government that year, partly in response to escalating violence associated with the election campaign, assisted the young KSAC councillor to capture what up till then was a safe JLP seat, having never been won before by the PNP since its creation in 1959. 
Hali ya hatari ilitangazwa na serikali mwaka huo, ikiwa ni matokeo ya vurugu zilizosababishwa na kampeni za uchaguzi, ikisaidia diwani kijana wa KSAC kushikilia nafasi ya JLP mpaka hapo ilipoonekana kuwa ni salama tena, na PNP haijawahi kushinda tangu kuundwa kwake hapo 1959.