Country: | Jamaica |
Flag Year: | 1906 |
Previous Election: | 1935 |
Next Election: | 1949 |
Election Date: | 12 December 1944 |
Election Name: | 1944 Jamaica general election |
Seats For Election: | 32 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 16 |
First Election: | yes |
Turnout: | 58.68% |
Party1: | Jamaica Labour Party |
Leader1: | Alexander Bustamante |
Percentage1: | 41.44 |
Seats1: | 22 |
Party2: | People's National Party |
Leader2: | Norman Manley |
Percentage2: | 23.50 |
Seats2: | 5 |
Party3: | Independents |
Leader3: | – |
Percentage3: | 30.02 |
Seats3: | 5 |
General elections were held in Jamaica on 12 December 1944.[1] The result was a victory for the Jamaica Labour Party, which won 22 of the 32 seats. This was the first election held under universal adult suffrage.[2] Voter turnout was 58.7%.[1]