1957 British Guiana general election

none British Guiana parliamentary 1953 British Guiana general election 1953 1961 British Guiana general election 1961 14 seats in the Legislative Council 8 12 August 1957 212,518 55.79% Cheddi_Jagan_Anefo.jpg Cheddi Jagan PPP-Jaganite 9 55,552 BF1B2C 47.51% Forbes_Burnham_(1966).jpg Forbes Burnham PPP-Burnhamite 29,802 25.49% 3 006600 Lionel_Luckhoo_(1968)_(cropped).jpg Lionel Luckhoo FF8800 NLF 1 13,465 11.51% John Carter FFD700 UDP 1 9,564 8.18% Premier Elected Premier None Cheddi Jagan PPP General elections were held in British Guiana on 12 August 1957.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p354 978-0-19-928357-6 The result was a victory for the faction of the People's Progressive Party led by Cheddi Jagan, who remained Prime Minister."The British Declassified Files on British Guiana - 1958-1964". Campaign A total of 55 candidates contested the elections, including six independents. The National Labour Front was the only party to run a candidate in every Legislative Council seat, with the two factions of the PPP both contesting 13 seats. The United Democratic Party (UDP) contested eight seats and the Guiana National Party one.1957 Elections https://web.archive.org/web/20150622024926/http://www.gecom.org.gy/pdf/elections%20results%201957.pdf 2015-06-22 GECOM Results People's Progressive Party (Jaganite) 55552 9 – People's Progressive Party (Burnhamite) 29802 3 – National Labour Front 13465 1 New United Democratic Party 9564 1 New Guiana National Party 199 0 New Independents 8357 0 –4 1625 –10 212518 GECOM Elected members ConstituencyMemberPartyBerbice RiverAjodha SinghPeople's Progressive Party (Jagan)Central DemeraraBalram Singh RaiPeople's Progressive Party (Jagan)Demerara-EssequiboRam KarranPeople's Progressive Party (Jagan)Demerara RiverFred BowmanPeople's Progressive Party (Jagan)Eastern BerbiceCheddi JaganPeople's Progressive Party (Jagan)Eastern DemeraraEdward Balkaran BeharryPeople's Progressive Party (Jagan)Essequibo RiverBrindley BennPeople's Progressive Party (Jagan)Georgetown CentralForbes BurnhamPeople's Progressive Party (Burnham)Georgetown NorthAndrew Leonard JacksonPeople's Progressive Party (Burnham)Georgetown SouthJainarine SinghPeople's Progressive Party (Burnham)New AmsterdamRudy KendallUnited Democratic PartyNorth Western DistrictStephen CampbellNational Labour FrontWestern BerbiceSheik Mohamed SaffeePeople's Progressive Party (Jagan)Western EssequiboJanet JaganPeople's Progressive Party (Jagan)Source: Parliament of Guyana https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100143/http://parliament.gov.gy/GUYANA%20PARLIAMENT%20HISTORY%202009-1.pdf 2018-11-29 Aftermath After the elections, the Burnhamite faction of the PPP merged with the UDP to form the People's National Congress. References British Category:Elections in Guyana Category:20th century in Guyanese politics General election British Guiana