General election · 27 March 1961

1961 general election

GULP 8 · GNP 2

GULP: 53.4%; 11,606 votes
GNP: 26.7%; 5,802 votes
PPM: 15.5%; 3,371 votes
IND: 4.5%; 975 votes
Turnout: 55.5%; 41,082 registered

Not officially sourcedSource: Winners’ votes checked against the Government Gazette (Extraordinary) No. 18, 6 April 1961. Other candidates’ votes are from ElectionPassport (secondary) and are marked ✱. Turnout from Wikipedia (secondary).

Different boundaries

Before 1972 Grenada had 10 constituencies with different boundaries, so these results aren’t drawn on today’s map. Winners’ votes are checked against the Government Gazette; figures marked ✱ come from a secondary compilation.

Every constituency (earlier boundaries)

St. George's Town

Majority 186 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. George's Town, 1961
Mitchell, E.A.Grenada National Party · elected	44.6%874
Moore, R.C.P.Grenada United Labour Party	35.1%688^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}
Knight, J.D.People’s Progressive Movement	20.2%396^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. George Parish North

Majority 372 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. George Parish North, 1961
Clyne, G.E.DGrenada United Labour Party · elected	54.4%1,517
Purcell, L.A.People’s Progressive Movement	41.1%1,145^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}
Cambridge, C.J.Grenada National Party	4.5%125^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. George Parish South

Majority 996 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. George Parish South, 1961
Thorne, J.Grenada United Labour Party · elected	71.2%1,359
Robertson, H.A.Grenada National Party	19.0%363^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}
Otway, G.B.W.People’s Progressive Movement	9.7%186^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. John

Majority 648 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. John, 1961
Preudhomme, H.J.Grenada United Labour Party · elected	59.9%1,007
DeCoteau, J.G.Grenada National Party	21.3%359^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}
Campbell, B.C.People’s Progressive Movement	18.8%316^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. Mark

Majority 409 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. Mark, 1961
Forsyth, A.O.Grenada United Labour Party · elected	69.6%725
Duncan, W.L.Grenada National Party	30.4%316^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. Patrick

Majority 280 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. Patrick, 1961
Williams, R.O.Grenada United Labour Party · elected	55.1%1,508
Copland, W.E.Grenada National Party	44.9%1,228^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. Andrew North

Majority 688 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. Andrew North, 1961
Williams, A.L.Grenada United Labour Party · elected	60.5%1,421
Keens-Douglas, R.A.Independent	31.2%733^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}
Nobel-Smith, T.E.Grenada National Party	8.2%193^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. Andrew South

Majority 656 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. Andrew South, 1961
Sylvester, D.T.Grenada United Labour Party · elected	48.8%1,507
Noel, F.C.Grenada National Party	27.5%851^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}
Mark, M.Z.People’s Progressive Movement	16.4%506^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}
Alexis, G.L.N.Independent	5.8%180^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}
Noel, G.Independent	1.5%47^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

St. David

Majority 684 · Turnout – · Registered –

St. David, 1961
Gairy, C.B.Grenada United Labour Party · elected	64.3%1,506
Thomas, L.C.J.People’s Progressive Movement	35.1%822^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}
Radix, D.W.Independent	0.6%15^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}

Carriacou

Majority 1,125 · Turnout – · Registered –

Carriacou, 1961
Blaize, H.A.Grenada National Party · elected	80.2%1,493
Cayenne, C.A.Grenada United Labour Party	19.8%368^{✱ (Not yet verified against an official record. See Sources.)}