Barbadian general election, 1956

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General elections were held in Barbados on 7 December 1956.^[1] The result was a victory for the Barbados Labour Party, which won 15 of the 24 seats. Voter turnout was 60.3%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Barbados Labour Party	48,667	49.3	15	0
Conservatives	21,060	21.4	3	-1
Democratic Labour Party	19,650	19.9	4	New
People's Progressive Movement	1,695	1.7	2	-
Independents	7,552	7.7	2	-
Invalid/blank votes	681	-	-	-
Total	62,274	100	24	0
Source: Nohlen

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^ ^a ^b Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 9780199283576

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