1976 Saint Helena general election

General elections were held in Saint Helena in September 1976.The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe, Volume 2 p4482 They were the only elections on the island to have been contested by political parties, with the Saint Helena Progressive Party winning eleven of the twelve seats in the Legislative Council. The Saint Helena Labour Party had seen its leader Tony Thornton expelled from the island shortly before the election, and failed to win a seat.Robert Aldrich & John Connell (1998) The Last Colonies p138

Background After the 1972 elections, the Progressive Party was established the following year by eleven of the twelve elected members.Government Saint Helena Island The Labour Party was formed in 1974. The Labour Party called for St Helenians living in Ascension Island to be able to vote.Africa Confidential, volume 16, p1

Results Four seats were uncontested.Governor Sir John Field in St Helena: Democratic Reform in a Small British Colony, 1962-68

Aftermath Both parties became inactive after the election.Encyclopedia of World Political Systems p864

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