1961 British Guiana general election

1961 British Guiana general election

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35 seats in the Legislative Assembly 18 seats needed for a majority
Registered	246,120
Turnout	89.44%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Cheddi Jagan Forbes Burnham Peter D'Aguiar Party PPP PNC TUF Seats won 20 11 4 Seat change 11 7 New Popular vote 93,085 89,501 35,771 Percentage 42.63% 40.99% 16.38% Swing 4.88pp 15.5pp New
Premier before election Cheddi Jagan PPP Elected Premier Cheddi Jagan PPP

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General elections were held in British Guiana on 21 August 1961.^[1] The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party, which won 20 of the 35 seats.