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1952 Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla general election
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General elections were held in Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla on 6 October 1952,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p574 978-0-19-928357-6 the country's first elections held under universal suffrage.Nohlen, p569 The Workers' League won seven of the eight elected seats.
Background
The previous elections had taken place in 1946, and the next elections were due in 1949. However, they were postponed each year until 1952.Brian Dyde (2005) Out of the Crowded Vagueness: A history of the islands of St Kitts, Nevis & Anguilla, Macmillan Caribbean, p254
A new constitution introduced in 1952 provided for a 14-member Legislative Council, consisting of eight elected members, the Governor (as President of the Council), two ex officio members and three appointed members.S. Steinberg The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1954 p432
Results
Workers' League 10528 7 +2 Saint Kitts Democratic Party 482 0 New Independents 1996 1 0 Non-elected members 6 – 261 – Nohlen, MidgettDouglas Midgett (1983) Eastern Caribbean Elections, 1950-1982: Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent, p107
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