British Honduras legislative election, 1961

British Honduras general election, 1961

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26 March 1961

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All 18 seats in the British Honduras Legislative Assembly (including 9 new seats)

	First party	Second party	Third party
		NIP	CDP
Leader	George Cadle Price	Herbert Fuller	Denbeigh Jeffery
Party	PUP	NIP	CDP
Leader since	1956	1958	1960
Leader's seat	Belize North candidate in Freetown	candidate in Fort George	Belize South candidate in Fort George
Last election	9 seats	(new party)	(new party)
Seats won	18	0	0
Seat change	9
Popular vote	13,975	5,107	2,514
Percentage	64.67%	23.63	11.63
Swing	3.35	23.63	11.63

First Minister before election

George Cadle Price
PUP

Elected First Minister

George Cadle Price
PUP

General elections were held in British Honduras on 26 March 1961. They were the first following a constitutional review, which had increased the number of elected seats from 9 to 18, whilst a further five members would be appointed by the Governor and two would be officials. The result was a victory for the ruling People's United Party, which won all 18 seats.

The National Independence Party, founded in 1958 by a merger of the two previous major opposition parties, the Honduran Independence Party and the National Party, contested general elections for the first time in 1961. A third party formed by former PUP and NP members, the Christian Democratic Party, also fielded candidates. Both parties failed to win seats.

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