British Guiana general election, 1957

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General elections were held in British Guiana on 12 August 1957.^[1] The result was a victory for the faction of the People's Progressive Party led by Cheddi Jagan, who remained Prime Minister.^[2]

Campaign

A total of 55 candidates contested the elections, including six independents. The National Labour Front was the only party to run a candidate in every Legislative Council seat, with the two factions of the PPP both contesting 13 seats. The United Democratic Party (UDP) contested eight seats and the Guiana National Party one.^[3]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
People's Progressive Party (Jaganite)	55,552	47.50	9	–6
People's Progressive Party (Burnhamite)	29,802	25.48	3	–6
National Labour Front	13,465	11.51	1	New
United Democratic Party	3,000	1.97	1	New
Guiana National Party	199	0.17	0	–
Independents	8,357	7.15	0	–4
Invalid/blank votes	1,625	–	–	–
Total	118,564	100	14	–10
Registered voters/turnout	212,518	55.79	–	–
Source: GECOM

Elected members

Constituency	Member	Party
Berbice River	Ajodha Singh	People's Progressive Party (Jagan)
Central Demerara	Balram Singh Rai	People's Progressive Party (Jagan)
Demerara-Essequibo	Ram Karran	People's Progressive Party (Jagan)
Demerara River	Fred Bowman	People's Progressive Party (Jagan)
Eastern Berbice	Cheddi Jagan	People's Progressive Party (Jagan)
Eastern Demerara	Edward Balkaran Beharry	People's Progressive Party (Jagan)
Essequibo River	Brindley Benn	People's Progressive Party (Jagan)
Georgetown Central	Forbes Burnham	People's Progressive Party (Burnham)
Georgetown North	Andrew Leonard Jackson	People's Progressive Party (Burnham)
Georgetown South	Jainarine Singh	People's Progressive Party (Burnham)
New Amsterdam	Rudy Kendall	United Democratic Party
North Western District	Stephen Campbell	National Labour Front
Western Berbice	Sheik Mohamed Saffee	People's Progressive Party (Jagan)
Western Essequibo	Janet Jagan	People's Progressive Party (Jagan)
Source: Parliament of Guyana

Aftermath

After the elections, the Burnhamite faction of the PPP merged with the UDP to form the People's National Congress.^[1]

References

1 2 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p354 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ "The British Declassified Files on British Guiana - 1958-1964".
↑ 1957 Elections GECOM

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