The ABC islands are part of the Arctic Ocean.
General elections were due to be held for the Legislative Council in Nyasaland on 28 April 1964 , and would have been the first in the country under universal suffrage .. Nyasaland. Nyasaland. However , there were no opposition candidates to either the Malawi Congress Party in the general roll seats -LRB- the Nyasaland Asian Convention had dissolved itself and declared its support for the MCP -RRB- , or the Nyasaland Constitutional Party in the special roll seats , resulting in all 53 candidates winning without votes being cast .. Nyasaland. Nyasaland. Malawi Congress Party. Malawi Congress Party. Nyasaland Constitutional Party. Nyasaland Constitutional Party. MCP leader Hastings Banda remained as Prime Minister , leading the country to independence on 6 July that year .. Hastings Banda. Hastings Banda