General elections were held in Barbados on 4 December 1961.[1] They were the first held after Barbados was granted full self-government earlier in the year. 24 MPs were elected across twelve two-member constituencies, using the block vote method.[2]
1961, barbadian, general, election, general, elections, were, held, barbados, december, 1961, they, were, first, held, after, barbados, granted, full, self, government, earlier, year, were, elected, across, twelve, member, constituencies, using, block, vote, m. General elections were held in Barbados on 4 December 1961 1 They were the first held after Barbados was granted full self government earlier in the year 24 MPs were elected across twelve two member constituencies using the block vote method 2 1961 Barbadian general election 1956 4 December 1961 1966 24 seats in the House of Assembly13 seats needed for a majorityTurnout61 32 1 03pp First party Second party Third party Leader Errol Barrow Hugh Gordon Cummins Ernest MottleyParty DLP BLP BNPLeader s seat St John St Thomas defeated City of BridgetownLast election 4 seats 15 seats 3 seatsSeats won 14 5 4Seat change 10 10 1Popular vote 39 534 40 096 24 015Percentage 36 30 36 82 22 05 Swing 16 38pp 12 53pp 0 70ppResults by constituencyPremier before electionHugh Gordon CumminsBLP Elected Premier Errol BarrowDLPAlthough the incumbent Barbados Labour Party BLP received more votes the non proportional electoral system allowed the opposition Democratic Labour Party DLP to win 14 of the 24 seats and form a government for the first time Among the defeated BLP candidates was the Premier Hugh Gordon Cummins who lost his St Thomas seat This was also the last time an independent was elected to the Assembly with trade union leader Frank Leslie Walcott winning a seat in the St Peter constituency 3 Voter turnout was 61 3 1 Results editPartyVotes Seats Barbados Labour Party40 09636 825 10Democratic Labour Party39 53436 3014 10Barbados National Party24 01522 054 1Independents5 2634 831 1Total108 908100 00240Valid votes63 53699 14Invalid blank votes5540 86Total votes64 090100 00Registered voters turnout104 51861 32Source Caribbean ElectionsReferences edit a b Nohlen D 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook Volume I p90 ISBN 978 0 19 928357 6 Barbados General Election Results 4 December 1961 Caribbean Elections Retrieved 29 October 2020 Caribbean Elections nbsp This Barbados related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1961 Barbadian general election amp oldid 1099203027, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
