Dominican general election, 1961

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General elections were held in Dominica on 17 January 1961.^[1] 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	47.5	7	New
Dominica United People's Party	4,322	25.6	4	New
All Island Industrial and Farmers Party	1,333	8.1	0	New
Peasant and Workers Movement	487	2.9	0	New
Dominica Democratic Party	125	0.8	0	New
Independents	2,539	15.4	0	-8
Invalid/blank votes	1,056	-	-	-
Total	17,571	100	11	+3
Source: Nohlen

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p230 ISBN 9780199283576