General elections were held in Jamaica on 28 July 1959.[1] The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 29 of the 45 seats. Voter turnout was 66.1%.[1]
^Patrick A Emmanuel (1992) Elections & Party Systems in the Commonwealth Caribbean 1944-1991, Caribbean Development Research Service, p15
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1959, jamaican, general, election, general, elections, were, held, jamaica, july, 1959, result, victory, people, national, party, which, seats, voter, turnout, 1959, jamaica, general, election, 1955, july, 1959, 1962, seats, house, representatives23, seats, ne. General elections were held in Jamaica on 28 July 1959 1 The result was a victory for the People s National Party which won 29 of the 45 seats Voter turnout was 66 1 1 1959 Jamaica general election 1955 28 July 1959 1962 45 seats in the House of Representatives23 seats needed for a majorityParty Leader Seats PNP Norman Manley 54 79 29 11JLP Alexander Bustamante 44 31 16 2Chief minister before Chief minister afterNorman ManleyPNP Norman ManleyPNPResults EditPartyVotes Seats People s National Party305 64254 7929 11Jamaica Labour Party247 14944 3116 2Independent Labour Party4 5950 820NewConvention Independent Party1960 040NewJamaica Independent Movement1150 020NewIndependents970 0200Total557 794100 0045 13Valid votes557 79498 89Invalid blank votes6 2771 11Total votes564 071100 00Registered voters turnout853 53966 09Source Emmanuel 2 References Edit a b Dieter Nohlen 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook Volume I p430 ISBN 978 0 19 928357 6 Patrick A Emmanuel 1992 Elections amp Party Systems in the Commonwealth Caribbean 1944 1991 Caribbean Development Research Service p15 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1959 Jamaican general election amp oldid 1125032202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
