British Honduras general election, 1954

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General elections were held in British Honduras on 28 April 1954, the first held under universal suffrage.^[1] The new constitution replaced the Legislative Council with a Legislative Assembly, which had nine elected members, three officials and three appointed members.^[1] The result was a victory for the People's United Party, which won eight of the nine seats in a coalition with the General Workers' Union.

Election results

e • d **Summary of the 28 April 1954 British Honduras Legislative Assembly election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
People's United Party	9,461	65.04	8
National Party	3,342	22.98	1
Independents	1,743	11.98	-
Total	14,546	100.00	9

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References

^ ^a ^b Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p100 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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