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General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 20 April 1961. The result was a victory for the People's Political Party, which won six of the nine seats. Voter turnout was 77.1%.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Political Party	11,500	49.32	6	+1
	Saint Vincent Labour Party	11,164	47.88	3	+3
	Independents	654	2.80	0	–2
Total		23,318	100.00	9	+1

Valid votes		23,318	97.26
Invalid/blank votes		658	2.74
Total votes		23,976	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,086	77.13
Source: Nohlen

References

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p600 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
Nohlen, p602

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