| General Election
Results - 12 August 1957 |
General elections were held in British Guiana on 12 August 1957 for the 35-seat parliament under the "first past the post" system.
A total of 55 candidates contested the elections, including six independents. The National Labour Front(NLF) was the only party to run a candidate in every Legislative Council seat, with the two factions of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) both contesting 13 seats. The United Democratic Party (UDP) contested eight seats and the Guiana National Party one
The result was victory for the Jaganite faction of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) winning 9 of the 14 elected seats in the Legislative Council and 47.51% of the vote. The Burnhamite faction of the PPP won 3 seats. The National Labour Front (NLF) and United Democratic Party (UDP) won one seat each.
Voter turnout was 55.79%.
After the elections, the Burnhamite faction of the PPP merged with the UDP to form the People's National Congress (PNC). |
| Dissolution of House |
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| Nomination Day |
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| Polling Day |
Mon, 12 Aug 1957 |
| First Meeting of New Parliament |
Tue, 10 Sep 1957 |
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Political Group |
Code |
Votes |
% votes |
Candidates |
Seats |
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People’s Progressive Party (Jaganite)  |
PPP(J) |
55,552 |
47.51% |
13 |
9 |
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People’s Progressive Party (Burnhamite) |
PPP(B) |
29,802 |
25.49% |
13 |
3 |
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National Labour Front |
NLF |
13,465 |
11.51% |
14 |
1 |
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United Democratic Party |
UDP |
9,564 |
8.18% |
8 |
1 |
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Guiana National Party |
GNP |
199 |
0.17% |
1 |
- |
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Independent Candidates |
IND |
8,357 |
7.15% |
6 |
- |
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Total Valid Votes |
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116,939 |
100% |
55 |
14 |
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| Electoral District |
Candidate Elected |
Party |
Votes polled |
Votes by candidate |
%votes |
| 1. Eastern Berbice |
Dr. Cheddi Jagan |
PPP (J) |
18, 413 |
15, 640 |
84.9 |
| 2. New Amsterdam |
William Oscar Rudyard Kendall |
UDP |
3, 088 |
1, 420 |
46 |
| 3. Berbice River |
Ajodha Singh |
PPP (J) |
2, 983 |
1, 483 |
49.7 |
| 4. Western Berbice |
Sheik Mohamed Saffee |
PPP (J) |
5, 992 |
2, 893 |
48.3 |
| 5. Eastern Demerara |
Edward Balkaran Beharry |
PPP (J) |
11, 015 |
6, 689 |
60.7 |
| 6. Central Demerara |
Balram Singh Rai |
PPP (J) |
14, 334 |
7, 125 |
49.7 |
| 7. Georgetown North |
Andrew Leonard Jackson |
PPP (B) |
5, 881 |
2, 513 |
42.7 |
| 8. Georgetown Central |
Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham |
PPP (B) |
6, 798 |
3, 570 |
52.6 |
| 9. Georgetown South |
Jainarine Singh |
PPP (B) |
12, 257 |
6, 183 |
50.4 |
| 10. Demerara River |
Fred Bowman |
PPP (J) |
12, 068 |
6, 245 |
51.8 |
| 11. Demerara – Essequibo |
Ram Karran |
PPP (J) |
8, 954 |
5, 776 |
64.5 |
| 12. Essequibo River |
Brindley Horatio Benn |
PPP (J) |
6, 883 |
2,842 |
41.3 |
| 13. Western Essequibo |
Janet Jagan |
PPP (J) |
6, 703 |
3, 802 |
56.7 |
| 14. North Western District |
Stephen Campbell |
NLF |
1,570 |
995 |
63.3 |
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| Sources |
| Guyana Elections Commission |
| 2016 Party Key |
| A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU/AFC); People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C); Healing the Nation Theocracy Party (HTNTP); Independent Party (IP); National Independent Party (NIP); Organisation for the Victory of the People Party (OVPP); The United Force (TUF); United Republican Party (URP); Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) |
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| A Good and Green Guyana |
AGGG |
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Justice Party |
JP |
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People’s National Congress/Reform |
PNC/R |
| Alliance for Change |
AFC |
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Liberal Democratic |
LD |
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People’s Progressive Party |
PPP |
| Alliance for Guyana |
AFG |
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Liberator Party |
LP |
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People’s Republic Party |
PRP |
| Democratic Labour Movement |
DLM |
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National Democratic Front |
NDF |
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People's Progressive Party/Civic |
PPP/C |
| God Bless Guyana |
GBG |
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National Front Alliance |
NFA |
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Rise Organise And Rebuild |
ROAR |
| Guiana National Party |
GNP |
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National Independent Party |
NIP |
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The United Force |
TUF |
| Guyana Action Party/Rise Organise And Rebuild |
GAP/ROAR |
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National Labour Front |
NLF |
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Union of Guyanese International |
UGI |
| Guyana Action Party/Working People’s Alliance |
GAP/WPA |
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National Republican Party |
NRP |
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United Democratic Party |
UDP |
| Guyana Democratic Party |
GDP |
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Peace, Equality and Prosperity Party |
PEPP |
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United Republican Party |
URP |
| Guyana National Congress |
GNC |
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People’s Democratic Movement |
PDM |
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United Workers Party |
UWP |
| Guyana United Muslim Party |
GUMP |
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People’s National Congress |
PNC |
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Working People’s Alliance |
WPA |
| Independents |
IND |
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People’s National Congress |
PNC/R |
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| Justice for All People |
JFAP |
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People’s National Congress Reform - 1 Guyana |
PNCR-IG |
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