British Honduras general election, 1954

28 April 1954

All 9 seats in the British Honduras Legislative Assembly

	First party	Second party
	PUP	NP
Leader	Leigh Richardson (acting)	W. H. Courtenay
Party	PUP	NP
Alliance	PUP-GWU
Leader since	1953	1951
Leader's seat	candidate in Belize West	(not a candidate)
Seats won	8	1
Popular vote	9,461	3,342
Percentage	65.04%	22.98%

Majority party leader before election

N/A

Elected Majority party leader

Leigh Richardson
PUP

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General elections were held in British Honduras on 28 April 1954, the first held under universal suffrage.^[1] The new constitution replaced the Legislative Council with a Legislative Assembly, which had nine elected members, three officials and three appointed members.^[1] The result was a decisive victory for the pro-independence People's United Party, which won eight of the nine seats in a coalition with the General Workers' Union.

The pro-colonial National Party won the remaining seat, with NP candidate Charles Westby prevailing in the Toledo constituency.^[2]

Election results

**Summary of the 28 April 1954 British Honduras Legislative Assembly election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
People's United Party	9,461	65.04	8
National Party	3,342	22.98	1
Independents	1,743	11.98	-
Total	14,546	100.00	9

References

1 2 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p100 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ General Elections 1954, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)

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