1956 Barbadian general election
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Turnout | 60.29% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Barbados Labour Party | 48,667 | 49.35 | 15 | 0 | |
Progressive Conservative Party | 21,060 | 21.35 | 3 | –1 | |
Democratic Labour Party | 19,650 | 19.92 | 4 | New | |
People's Progressive Movement | 1,695 | 1.72 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 7,552 | 7.66 | 2 | –1 | |
Total | 98,624 | 100.00 | 24 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 61,553 | 98.84 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 721 | 1.16 | |||
Total votes | 62,274 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 103,290 | 60.29 | |||
Source: Caribbean Elections |
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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
- ^ 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 - 6 December 1956". Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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