Country: | Barbados |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1951 Barbadian general election |
Previous Year: | 1951 |
Next Election: | 1961 Barbadian general election |
Next Year: | 1961 |
Turnout: | 60.29% (4.36pp) |
Seats For Election: | 24 seats in the House of Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 13 |
Election Date: | 7 December 1956 |
Leader2: | Errol Barrow |
Party2: | Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) |
Last Election2: | – |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seat Change2: | New party |
Popular Vote2: | 19,650 |
Percentage2: | 19.92% |
Swing2: | New party |
Image1: | Grantley Herbert Adams (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Grantley Herbert Adams |
Party1: | Barbados Labour Party |
Last Election1: | 15 seats |
Seats1: | 15 |
Popular Vote1: | 48,667 |
Percentage1: | 49.35% |
Swing1: | 5.12pp |
Image3: | Ernest Mottley 1951.png |
Leader3: | Ernest Mottley |
Party3: | PCP |
Color3: | AA00D4 |
Last Election3: | 4 seats |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 21,060 |
Percentage3: | 21.35 |
Swing3: | 8.41pp |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Grantley Herbert Adams |
Before Party: | Barbados Labour Party |
After Election: | Grantley Herbert Adams |
After Party: | Barbados Labour Party |
General elections were held in Barbados on 7 December 1956.[1] The result was a victory for the Barbados Labour Party, which won 15 of the 24 seats. MPs were elected across twelve two-member constituencies, using the block voting method.[2] Voter turnout was 60%.[1]
Despite winning more votes than the newly formed Democratic Labour Party, the Progressive Conservative Party won fewer seats, a consequence of the plurality voting system used.