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1956 Barbadian general election

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1956 Barbadian general election

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24 seats in the House of Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.29% (Decrease4.36pp)
  First party Second party Third party
  Grantley Herbert Adams (cropped).jpg Errol Barrow 1968 - 2.png Ernest Mottley 1951.png
Leader Grantley Herbert Adams Errol Barrow Ernest Mottley
Party BLP DLP PCP
Leader's seat St. Joseph St. George (not elected) City of Bridgetown
Last election 15 seats 4 seats
Seats won 15 4 3
Seat change Steady New party Decrease1
Popular vote 48,667 19,650 21,060
Percentage 49.35% 19.92% 21.35
Swing Decrease5.12pp New party Decrease8.41pp

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Results by constituency

Premier before election

Grantley Herbert Adams
BLP

Elected Premier

Grantley Herbert Adams
BLP

General elections were held in Barbados on 7 December 1956.[1] The result was a victory for the Barbados Labour Party, which won 15 of the 24 seats. MPs were elected across twelve two-member constituencies, using the block vote method.[2] Voter turnout was 60.3%.[1]

Despite winning more votes than the newly formed Democratic Labour Party, the Progressive Conservative Party won fewer seats, a consequence of the plurality voting system used.

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Barbados

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of 432 km2 (167 sq mi) and has a population of about 287,000. Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.

Barbados Labour Party

Barbados Labour Party

The Barbados Labour Party (BLP), colloquially known as the "Bees", is a social democratic political party in Barbados established in 1938. Led by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, it is the governing party of Barbados and the sole ruling party in the House of Assembly of Barbados, holding 30 out of 30 seats. The BLP was elected to government on 25 May 2018 after a decade in opposition, with Mottley becoming the country's first female prime minister. The party originally won all of the seats in the House of Assembly, but Bishop Joseph Atherley, the MP for St. Michael West, became an independent MP and the leader of the opposition on 2 June 2018. The party won all 30 seats in the 2022 general election.

Multiple non-transferable vote

Multiple non-transferable vote

The multiple non-transferable vote (MNTV) is a group of voting system, in which voters elect several representatives at once, with each voter having more than one vote. MNTV uses multi-member electoral districts or only one district, which contains all voters, which is used to provide at-large representation.

Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)

Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP), colloquially known as the "Dems", is a political party in Barbados, established in 1955. It was the ruling party from 15 January 2008 to 24 May 2018 but faced an electoral wipeout in the 2018 general election which left it with no MPs.

Barbados National Party

Barbados National Party

The Barbados National Party was a political party in Barbados.

Plurality voting

Plurality voting

Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart, are elected. In systems based on single-member districts, it elects just one member per district and may also be referred to as first-past-the-post (FPTP), single-member plurality (SMP/SMDP), single-choice voting, simple plurality or relative majority. A system which elects multiple winners elected at once with the plurality rule, such as one based on multi-seat districts, is referred to as plurality block voting.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Barbados Labour Party48,66749.35150
Progressive Conservative Party21,06021.353–1
Democratic Labour Party19,65019.924New
People's Progressive Movement1,6951.720New
Independents7,5527.662–1
Total98,624100.00240
Valid votes61,55398.84
Invalid/blank votes7211.16
Total votes62,274100.00
Registered voters/turnout103,29060.29
Source: Caribbean Elections

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Barbados Labour Party

The Barbados Labour Party (BLP), colloquially known as the "Bees", is a social democratic political party in Barbados established in 1938. Led by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, it is the governing party of Barbados and the sole ruling party in the House of Assembly of Barbados, holding 30 out of 30 seats. The BLP was elected to government on 25 May 2018 after a decade in opposition, with Mottley becoming the country's first female prime minister. The party originally won all of the seats in the House of Assembly, but Bishop Joseph Atherley, the MP for St. Michael West, became an independent MP and the leader of the opposition on 2 June 2018. The party won all 30 seats in the 2022 general election.

Barbados National Party

Barbados National Party

The Barbados National Party was a political party in Barbados.

Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)

Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP), colloquially known as the "Dems", is a political party in Barbados, established in 1955. It was the ruling party from 15 January 2008 to 24 May 2018 but faced an electoral wipeout in the 2018 general election which left it with no MPs.

People's Progressive Movement (Barbados)

People's Progressive Movement (Barbados)

The People's Progressive Movement was a political party in Barbados. It first contested national elections in 1956, when it received 1.7% of the vote, but failed to win a seat. It did not contest the 1961 elections, but returned in 1966, when it received just 0.4% of the vote, again failing to win a seat.

Independent politician

Independent politician

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Source: "1956 Barbadian general election", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, July 9th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Barbadian_general_election.

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References
  1. ^ a b Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ "Barbados General Election Results - 6 December 1956". Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 29 October 2020.


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