1961 Montserratian general election

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General elections were held in Montserrat on 2 March 1961. The result was a victory for the Montserrat Labour Party, which won five of the seven seats in the Legislative Council. MLP leader William Henry Bramble remained Chief Minister.

Background

The elections followed the introduction of a new constitution in 1960, which provided for a ministerial system of government. The number of elected seats in the Legislative Council was increased from five to seven.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Montserrat Labour Party	1,512	57.67	5	+2
	Montserrat United Workers' Movement	1,110	42.33	2	New
Total		2,622	100.00	7	+2

Valid votes		2,622	98.65
Invalid/blank votes		36	1.35
Total votes		2,658	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,639	57.30
Source: Emmanuel

Elected MPs

Constituency	Elected MP	Party
Central	Michael Edward Walkinshaw	Montserrat Labour Party
Eastern	William Henry Bramble	Montserrat Labour Party
North-Western	David Fenton	Montserrat Labour Party
Northern	James Allen	Montserrat United Workers' Movement
Plymouth	Margaret Rose Kelsick	Montserrat Labour Party
Southern	Michael Dyer	Montserrat United Workers' Movement
Windward	Brunel Wycliffe Edwards	Montserrat Labour Party

References

^ General Election Results - 2 March 1961 Archived 5 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean Elections
Patrick A Emmanuel (1992) Elections & Party Systems in the Commonwealth Caribbean 1944-1991, Caribbean Development Research Service, pp10–24

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