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1955 Jamaican general election

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Field	Value
country	Jamaica
flag_year	1906
previous_election	[1949](1949-jamaican-general-election)
next_election	[1959](1959-jamaican-general-election)
election_date	12 January 1955
election_name	1955 Jamaica general election
seats_for_election	32 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	16
turnout	65.11% ( 0.05pp)
party1	People's National Party
leader1	Norman Manley
percentage1	50.50
seats1	18
last_election1	13
party2	Jamaica Labour Party
leader2	Alexander Bustamante
percentage2	39.03
seats2	14
last_election2	17
title	Chief minister
before_election	Alexander Bustamante
before_party	Jamaica Labour Party
after_election	Norman Manley
after_party	People's National Party

General elections were held in Jamaica on 12 January 1955. The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 18 of the 32 seats. Voter turnout was 65%.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p430 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6

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