| Country: | Barbados |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1948 Barbadian general election |
| Previous Year: | 1948 |
| Next Election: | 1956 Barbadian general election |
| Next Year: | 1956 |
| Turnout: | 64.65% |
| Seats For Election: | 24 seats in the House of Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 13 |
| Election Date: | 13 December 1951 |
| Image1: | Grantley Herbert Adams (cropped).jpg |
| Leader1: | Grantley Herbert Adams |
| Party1: | Barbados Labour Party |
| Last Election1: | 12 seats |
| Seats1: | 15 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 53,321 |
| Percentage1: | 54.47% |
| Leader2: | Ernest Mottley |
| Party2: | BEA |
| Color2: | AA00D4 |
| Last Election2: | 9 seats |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 29,131 |
| Percentage2: | 29.76% |
| Image3: | Wynter_Crawford_1951.png |
| Leader3: | Wynter Crawford |
| Party3: | WINCP |
| Color3: | 31859C |
| Last Election3: | 3 seats |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,224 |
| Percentage3: | 5.34% |
General elections were held in Barbados on 13 December 1951,[1] the first held under universal suffrage.[2] The result was a victory for the Barbados Labour Party, which won 15 of the 24 seats. Voter turnout was 65%.[1] Edna Ermyntrude Bourne, elected in the Parish of St. Andrew, became the island's first female member of the House of Assembly.[3] At the time of the election, Barbados did not have a formal ministerial government. This was established on 1 February 1954, when Grantley Herbert Adams became the first Premier.[4]