HC Deb 29 October 1957 vol 575 cc24-6W
Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what candidates were nominated in the recent elections for the Legislative Council of British Guiana; to which parties they belonged; for what constituencies they stood; what was the electorate in each constituency; and how many votes each candidate received.

Mr. Profumo

The details are as follows:

VOTES CAST FOR EACH PARTY AND CANDIDATE
Constituency Number of Registered Voters P.P.P. (Jagan Faction) P.P.P. (Burnham Faction) United Democratic Party National Labour Front Guiana National Party Independents
1. Eastern Berbice 31,794 Dr. Cheddi B. Jagan 15,640 Patrick A. Tennassee 2,197 — Cyril F. Kempadoo 576 — —
2. New Amsterdam 5,879 Mrs. Jessica Huntley 561 George Younge 678 William O. R. Kendall 1,420 David A. Ho-A-Yun 163 — Joseph Pimento 239 Albert Benfield 27
3. Berbice River 5,429 Ajdodha Singh 1,483 Roy B. G. Field 758 — Arthur N. Thomas 742 — —
4. Western Berbice 8,324 Sheik Mohamed Saffee 2,893 Miss Jessie Burnham 1,885 Dr. Allan C. Miller 245 William Shankland 770 Frank R. Allen 199 —
5. Eastern Demerara 18,295 Edward B. Beharry 6,689 Jane P. Gay 3,367 Reginald A. Moses 400 Sugrim Singh 559 — —
6. Central Demerara 25,137 Balram Singh Rai 7,125 — — Charles A. McKenzie 924 — Sydney King 6,285
7. North Georgetown 10,444 Charles R. Jacob (Jnr.) 385 Andrew Jackson 2,513 Percival A. Cummings 801 Lionel A. Luckhoo 2,182 — —
8. Central Georgetown 12,472 Eric Gilbert 143 Linden Forbes S. Burnham 3,570 Mrs. Muriel Nurse 153 John Fernandes 2,932 — —
9. South Georgetown 24,244 Patrick Alleyne 1,968 Jainarine Singh 6,183 John Carter 3,517 Cecil Gray 589 — —
10. Demerara River 26,972 Fred Bowman 6,245 Dr. J. P. Lachmansingh 4,003 Clifton M. L. John 1,164 Oscar R. Green 574 — Rudolph Lyte 32
11. Demerara-Essequibo 15,182 Ramkarran 5,776 Mohamed Nazir 1,571 — Shivsudh Gangadeen 136 — Capt. Joseph P. Coghlan 1,471
12. Essequibo River and Islands. 13,649 Brindley H. Benn 2,842 Basil B. Blackman 1,083 Eugene F. Forreia 1,915 Theophilus Lee 1,041 — —
13. Western Essequibo 11,215 Janet Jagan 3,802 Rev. Alexander B. Trotman 1,719 — Mohamed Sharief H. Rahaman 1,182 — —
14. North Western District. 3,481 — Flavio DaSilva 273 — Stephen Campbell 995 — Charles R. Jacob (Senior) 302
TOTAL 212,517 55,552 29,800 9,615 13,365 199 8,356