1944 Jamaican general election

none Jamaica 1906 1935 1949 12 December 1944 1944 Jamaica general election 32 seats in the House of Representatives 16 yes 58.68% Jamaica Labour Party Alexander Bustamante 41.44 22 People's National Party Norman Manley 23.50 5 Independents – 30.02 5 1944 Jamaican general election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency. General elections were held in Jamaica on 12 December 1944.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p430 978-0-19-928357-6 The result was a victory for the Jamaica Labour Party, which won 22 of the 32 seats. This was the first election held under universal adult suffrage.History Notes: Information on Jamaica's Culture & Heritage https://nlj.gov.jm/history-notes-jamaica/#dates National Library of Jamaica 9 November 2023 Voter turnout was 58.7%. Results File:1944 Jamaican Parliament.svg Jamaica Labour Party 144661 22 People's National Party 82029 5 Jamaica Democratic Party 14123 0 Other parties 3500 0 Independents 104814 5 39982 663069 Nohlen References General Category:General elections in Jamaica Jamaica Category:December 1944 in North America