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- Electoral system
- Campaign
- Results Elected members
- Aftermath
- References
{{Politics of Guyana}}General elections were held in British Guiana on 27 April 1953.[1] They were the first held under universal suffrage and resulted in a victory for the People's Progressive Party (PPP), which won 18 of the 24 seats in the new House of Assembly. Its leader, Cheddi Jagan, became Prime Minister.[1]Electoral systemConstitutional reforms as a result of the Waddington Commission had led to the creation of the House of Assembly to replace the Legislative Council. The new House had 28 members; 24 members elected in single member constituencies, a speaker appointed by the Governor and three ex officio members (the Chief Secretary, the Attorney General and the Financial Secretary).[2] CampaignThe PPP ran candidates in 22 of the 24 constituencies, failing to contest the two interior constituencies due to a lack of money. The National Democratic Party contested 15 constituencies and the People's National Party eight.[4] A total of 85 independents,[3] including four United Guiana Party candidates, also contested the elections.[4] The United Workers and Farmers Party did run as a party, but contested some seats as independents.[4] Results| Party | Votes | % | Seats | | People's Progressive Party | 77,695 | 51.04 | 18 | | National Democratic Party | 20,032 | 13.16 | 2 | | People's National Party | 3,000 | 1.97 | 0 | | Independents | 51,504 | 33.83 | 4 | | Invalid/blank votes | 3,995 | – | – | | Total | 156,226 | 100 | 24 | | Registered voters/turnout | 208,939 | 74.77 | – | | Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160616172409/http://gecom.org.gy/pdf/elections%20results%201953.pdf GECOM] |
Elected members| Constituency | Member | Party | Notes | | 1 – North West | William Alfred Phang | Independent | | 2 – Pomeroon | Thomas Sherwood Wheating | Independent | | 3 – Western Essequibo | Janet Jagan | People's Progressive Party | Deputy Speaker | | 4 – Essequibo Islands | Theophilus Lee | Independent | | 5 – Bartica and Interior | Eugene Francis Correia | National Democratic Party | | 6 – Demerara-Essequibo | Fred Bowman | People's Progressive Party | | 7 – West Bank Demerara | Jai Narine Singh | People's Progressive Party | Minister of Local Government and Social Welfare | | 8 – East Bank Demerara | Joseph Prayag Lachhmansingh | People's Progressive Party | Minister of Health and Housing | | 9 – Upper Demerara River | Charles Albert Carter | Independent | | 10 – Georgetown South | Ashton Chase | People's Progressive Party | Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce | | 11 – Georgetown South Central | Clinton Reginald Wong | People's Progressive Party | | 12 – Georgetown Central | Jessie Irma Sampson Burnham | People's Progressive Party | | 13 – Georgetown North | Frank Obermuller van Sertima | People's Progressive Party | | 14 – Georgetown North-East | Forbes Burnham | People's Progressive Party | Minister of Education | | 15 – West Central Demerara | Ram Karran | People's Progressive Party | | 16 – Central Demerara | Sydney Evanson King | People's Progressive Party | Minister of Communications and Works | | 17 – East Central Demerara | Jane Phillips-Gay | People's Progressive Party | | 18 – Mahaica-Mahaicony | Chandra Sama Persaud | People's Progressive Party | | 19 – Western Berbice | Samuel Mahabali Latchmansingh | People's Progressive Party | | 20 – New Amsterdam | Rudy Kendall | National Democratic Party | | 21 – Berbice River | Ajodha Singh | People's Progressive Party | | 22 – Eastern Berbice | Robert Stanley Hanoman Singh | People's Progressive Party | | 23 – Corentyne Coast | Cheddi Jagan | People's Progressive Party | Leader of the House and Minister of Agriculture, Forests, Lands and Mines | | 24 – Corentyne River | Mohamed Khan | People's Progressive Party |
AftermathAfter assuming power Jagan embarked on implementing a series of policies that involved radical social reform, mainly directed at the colonial oligarchy. The British colonial authorities sent in troops in response to the alleged threat of a Marxist revolution. Governor Alfred Savage suspended the constitution in October (only 133 days after it had come into force) and set up a transitional government of conservative politicians, businessmen and civil servants.[1] References1. ^1 2 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p354 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}
2. ^Historical information events and dates on the Parliament of Guyana from 1718 to 2006 Parliament of Guyana
3. ^1953 Election {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616172409/http://gecom.org.gy/pdf/elections%20results%201953.pdf |date=2016-06-16 }} GECOM
4. ^1 2 Odeen Ishmael (2013) The Guyana Story, Xlibris Corporation, p126{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}
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