British General Election 1955
The British general election in 1955 took place on May 26, 1955. When choosing the deputies were for the lower house (House of Commons) redefined.
Electoral system
The simple majority voting system was used for voting . There was no threshold clause .
Election result
The Conservative Party won the election with 46.6 percent. It received 324 of 630 seats and thus achieved an absolute majority.
| Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
| Conservative party | 12,468,778 | 46.6 | +2.3 | 324 | +22 | |
| Labor Party | 12,405,254 | 46.4 | −2.4 | 277 | −18 | |
| National Liberal Party | 842.113 | 3.1 | −0.6 | 21st | +2 | |
| Liberal party | 722.402 | 2.7 | +0.1 | 6th | - | |
| Sinn Féin | 152.310 | 0.6 | +0.6 | 2 | +2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 45.119 | 0.2 | +0.2 | - | - | |
| Independent | 43,791 | 0.2 | - | - | - | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 33,144 | 0.1 | - | - | - | |
| Irish Labor Party | 16,050 | 0.1 | - | - | - | |
| Independent Labor | 15,322 | 0.0 | - | - | - | |
| Scottish National Party | 12.112 | 0.0 | - | - | - | |
| Independent Labor Party | 3,334 | 0.0 | - | - | - | |
| total | 26,759,729 | 100.0 | 630 | |||
| Eligible voters | 34.852.179 | |||||
| voter turnout | 76.8% | |||||
| Source: | ||||||
Others
The Tories had come to power in October 1951 under the leadership of Winston Churchill ; Churchill had become prime minister. In June 1953 Churchill suffered a repeated stroke that made him temporarily incapacitated. His party friends urged him to resign early; in April 1955 he finally resigned. The Tory majority in the House of Commons elected Anthony Eden as the new Prime Minister. Eden was very popular and immediately called new elections.
See also
- United Kingdom Political System
- History of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland # Since World War II
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b General Election Results 1885–1979. United Kingdom Election Results (English)
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