1961 Barbadian general election

none Barbados Flag of Barbados (1870–1966).svg parliamentary 1956 Barbadian general election 1956 1966 Barbadian general election 1966 61.32% (1.03pp) 24 seats in the House of Assembly 13 4 December 1961 130x130px Errol_Barrow_1976.jpg Errol Barrow Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) 4 seats 14 10 39,534 36.30% 16.38pp Hugh Gordon Cummins 1955.jpg Hugh Gordon Cummins Barbados Labour Party 15 seats 5 10 40,096 36.82% 12.53pp Ernest_Mottley_1951.png Ernest Mottley Barbados National Party 3 seats 4 1 24,015 22.05% 0.70pp Premier Hugh Gordon Cummins Barbados Labour Party Errol Barrow Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) 1961 Barbadian general election.svg Results by constituency General elections were held in Barbados on 4 December 1961.Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 978-0-19-928357-6 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.Barbados General Election Results - 4 December 1961 http://www.caribbeanelections.com/bb/elections/bb_results_1961.asp Caribbean Elections 29 October 2020 18 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210518045512/http://caribbeanelections.com/bb/elections/bb_results_1961.asp dead Although 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.Caribbean Elections Voter turnout was 61.3%. Results The result was highly disproportionate for the two major parties, with the BLP receiving 37% of the vote but only winning 25% of the seats, while the DLP received 36% of the vote and won 58% of the seats. Barbados Labour Party 40096 5 –10 Democratic Labour Party 39534 14 +10 Barbados National Party 24015 4 +1 Independents 5263 1 –1 0 63536 554 104518 Caribbean Elections References Barbados General Category:Elections in Barbados Category:West Indies Federation Barbados