British General Election 1964
The British general election in 1964 took place on October 15, 1964. When choosing the deputies were for the lower house (House of Commons) redefined.
Electoral system
The simple majority voting system was used for voting .
Election result
The Labor Party won the election with an easy win. With 317 of 630 seats, it achieved a narrow absolute majority. The previously ruling Conservative Party suffered heavy losses in the elections and thereby lost its absolute majority.
Alec Douglas-Home (1903-1995, Tories), who had been Prime Minister since October 1963, lost his office as a result; Labor leader Harold Wilson (1916–1995) became the new Prime Minister.
| Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
| Labor Party | 12.205.808 | 44.1 | +0.2 | 317 | +59 | |
| Conservative party | 11,676,512 | 42.2 | −4.4 | 298 | −47 | |
| Liberal party | 3,099,283 | 11.2 | +5.3 | 9 | +3 | |
| National Liberal Party | 326.130 | 1.2 | −1.5 | 6th | −14 | |
| Independent Republican | 101,628 | 0.4 | +0.4 | - | - | |
| Plaid Cymru | 69,507 | 0.2 | −0.1 | - | - | |
| Scottish National Party | 64,044 | 0.2 | −0.1 | - | - | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 46,442 | 0.2 | +0.1 | - | - | |
| Independent | 18,677 | 0.1 | - | - | - | |
| Independent liberal | 16,064 | 0.1 | - | - | - | |
| Republican Labor Party | 14,678 | 0.0 | - | - | - | |
| Others | 18,375 | 0.1 | - | - | - | |
| total | 27,657,148 | 100.0 | 630 | |||
| Eligible voters | 35,894,054 | |||||
| voter turnout | 77.1% | |||||
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Others
This ended a 13-year reign of the Tories; it had started in October 1951 with a narrow election victory for the Tories led by Winston Churchill . In May 1955, his successor Anthony Eden won ; Eden was replaced by Harold Macmillan in January 1957 ; Macmillan and the Tories won the general election in October 1959 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b General Election Results 1885-1979 United Kingdom Election Results (English)
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