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1967 Jamaica general election
Jamaica
←  1962 21 February 1967 1972 →

All 53 seats in the House of Representatives
27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.24% (Increase 9.36 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
JLP Donald Sangster 50.65 33 +7
PNP Norman Manley 49.08 20 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Alexander Bustamante
JLP
Donald Sangster
JLP

General elections were held in Jamaica on 21 February 1967. [1] The result was a victory for the Jamaica Labour Party, which won 33 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 82%. [1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Jamaica Labour Party224,18050.6533+7
People's National Party217,20749.0820+1
Jamaica United Party1630.040New
Jamaica We Party1330.030New
Republican Party450.010New
Independents8440.1900
Total442,572100.0053+8
Valid votes442,57299.05
Invalid/blank votes4,2430.95
Total votes446,815100.00
Registered voters/turnout543,30782.24
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p430 ISBN  978-0-19-928357-6