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The 1951 election was the second one to be covered on BBC Television. On election night, the results were televised from the BBC Alexandra Palace studio in London. Graham Hutton, David Butler and H. G. Nicholas headed the election night coverage from 10.15pm to 4.00am on the television service. On the following day, television coverage started ...
The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 25 October 1951 to elect 625 members of the House of Commons, of which 506 constituencies were in England.
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 25 October 1951, and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested. [1] The Unionists, together with their allies the National Liberals, ended up narrowly ahead of Labour in terms of vote share, however the two were equal in terms of seats won, each taking 35 seats.
General elections were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952, the first national elections after India attained independence in 1947. [1] [2] [3] Voters elected 489 members of the first Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. Elections to most of the state legislatures were held simultaneously. [4]
Four Ulster Unionist candidates are returned unopposed in Northern Ireland, the last general election in which any candidate is so returned. [27] This is also the last election in which the Conservatives achieve a stronger result in Scotland than in England. 31 October Zebra crossings, a type of pedestrian crossing, is introduced for the first ...
General elections were held in Gold Coast on 8 February 1951. Although elections had been held for the Legislative Council since 1925, [1] the Council did not have complete control over the legislation, and the voting franchise was limited to residents of urban areas meeting property requirements and the councils of chiefs.
1951–1952 Burmese general election; India: 1951 Indian general election; 1951–1971 Indian general elections; Indian general election in Madras, 1951; 1951 Israeli legislative election; 1951 Israeli presidential election; 1951 Philippine Senate election; 1951 Singaporean general election; 1951 Soviet Union regional elections