1952 Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla general election
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General elections were held in Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla on 6 October 1952,[1] the country's first elections held with universal suffrage.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
Results[]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Workers' League | 10,528 | 80.95 | 7 | +2 | |
| Saint Kitts Democratic Party | 482 | 3.71 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 1,996 | 15.35 | 1 | 0 | |
| Non-elected members | 6 | – | |||
| Total | 13,006 | 100.00 | 14 | – | |
| Valid votes | 13,006 | 98.03 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 261 | 1.97 | |||
| Total votes | 13,267 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: Nohlen, Midgett[5] | |||||
References[]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p574 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p569
- ^ Brian Dyde (2005) Out of the Crowded Vagueness: A history of the islands of St Kitts, Nevis & Anguilla, Macmillan Caribbean, p254
- ^ S. Steinberg The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1954 p432
- ^ Douglas Midgett (1983) Eastern Caribbean Elections, 1950-1982: Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent, p107
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