24 seats in the House of Assembly 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
61.32% (1.03pp)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Errol Barrow
Hugh Gordon Cummins
Ernest Mottley
Party
DLP
BLP
BNP
Leader's seat
St. John
St. Thomas (defeated)
City of Bridgetown
Last election
4 seats
15 seats
3 seats
Seats won
14
5
4
Seat change
10
10
1
Popular vote
39,534
40,096
24,015
Percentage
36.30%
36.82%
22.05%
Swing
16.38pp
12.53pp
0.70pp
Results by constituency
Premier before election
Hugh Gordon Cummins
BLP
Elected Premier
Errol Barrow
DLP
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Dame Sandra Mason
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President: Reginald Farley
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Leader: Bishop Joseph J. S. Atherley
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General elections were held in Barbados on 4 December 1961.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] Voter turnout was 61.3%.[1]
^ abNohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^"Barbados General Election Results - 4 December 1961". Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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