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The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held twenty months after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party had won with a slim majority of just five seats. The Labour government called a snap election for Thursday 25 October 1951 in the hope of increasing its parliamentary majority.
The Labour Government led by incumbent prime minister Clement Attlee decided to call an election just over one and half years after the previous election in February 1950, primarily because the Labour Party had won a mere majority of 5 seats in the House of Commons.
Germany: 1951 Rhineland-Palatinate state election; 1951 Greek legislative election; 1951 Irish general election; 1951 Luxembourg general election; 1951 Maltese general election; 1951 Norwegian local elections; 1951 Soviet Union regional elections; United Kingdom 1951 United Kingdom general election; List of MPs elected in the 1951 United ...
1.19 1951 general election, Woodford. 1.20 1955 general election, Woodford. 1.21 1959 general election, ... Conservative win (new seat) 1950 general election, Woodford
1 List of elections. 2 See also. Toggle the table of contents. ... Incumbent resigned March 17, 1951 when appointed U.S. Senator. New member elected April 4, 1951.
Seats won 0 3 Democratic hold. United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1951, in three states. Kentucky, Louisiana ...
Another new constitution was promulgated in 1954, followed by elections the same year, also won by the CPP. Following another convincing election victory by Nkrumah's party in 1956, Gold Coast became the first sub-Saharan African state to gain independence (aside from apartheid South Africa) on 6 March 1957, changing its name to Ghana.
In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote.