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1944 Jamaican general election information


1944 Jamaica general election
Jamaica
← 1935 12 December 1944 1949 →

32 seats in the House of Representatives
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout58.68%
Party Leader % Seats
JLP Alexander Bustamante 41.44 22
PNP Norman Manley 23.50 5
Independents 30.02 5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Jamaica on 12 December 1944.[1] 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.[2] Voter turnout was 58.7%.[1]

  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p430 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ "History Notes: Information on Jamaica's Culture & Heritage". National Library of Jamaica. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

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