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General elections were held in Dominica on 17 January 1961. The result was a victory for the Dominica Labour Party, which won 7 of the 11 seats. Voter turnout was 76.9%.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Dominica Labour Party	7,848	47.38	7	New
	Dominica United People's Party	4,233	25.55	4	New
	All Island Industrial and Farmers Party	1,333	8.05	0	New
	Peasant and Workers Movement	487	2.94	0	New
	Dominica Democratic Party	125	0.75	0	New
	Independents	2,539	15.33	0	–8
Total		16,565	100.00	11	+3

Valid votes		16,565	94.01
Invalid/blank votes		1,056	5.99
Total votes		17,621	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		22,838	77.16
Source: Caribbean Elections

References

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p230 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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