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1959 Jamaican general election

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Field	Value
country	Jamaica
flag_year	1957
previous_election	1955
next_election	1962
election_date	28 July 1959
election_name	1959 Jamaica general election
seats_for_election	All 45 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	23
turnout	66.09% ( 0.98pp)
party1	People's National Party
leader1	Norman Manley
percentage1	54.79
seats1	29
last_election1	18
party2	Jamaica Labour Party
leader2	Alexander Bustamante
percentage2	44.31
seats2	16
last_election2	14
title	Chief minister
before_election	Norman Manley
before_party	People's National Party
after_election	Norman Manley
after_party	People's National Party

General elections were held in Jamaica on 28 July 1959. The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 29 of the 45 seats. Voter turnout was 66%.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p430 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
Patrick A Emmanuel (1992) ''Elections & Party Systems in the Commonwealth Caribbean 1944-1991'', Caribbean Development Research Service, p15

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