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United Kingdom UK Parliamentary Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options

Election Winner
Labour
48.8 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
4
±0 compared to 1950
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Final Official Results of the UK Parliamentary Election

The bars show each party's vote share. UK Parliamentary Election Results, October 25, 1951

Lab
48.8
Lib
2.6
N
0.3
CPGB
0.1
NLP
< 0.1
Other
48.2
Government cannot remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 47.2% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After the UK Parliamentary Election

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Who Governed the UK After the Election

Election Day 10/25/1951 Churchill III 10/26/1951 – 04/06/1955 Eden I 04/06/1955 – 05/26/1955

Churchill III

 October 26, 1951 – April 6, 1955 · 3 years 5 months

Eden I

 April 6, 1955 – May 26, 1955 · 1 month 20 days
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Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Left Labour 48.8 % – 295 –
Liberal Liberal Party 2.6 % – 6 –
Regional Nationalist Party 0.3 % – 2 –
Far-Left Communist Party of Great Britain 0.1 % – 0 –
Liberal National Liberal Party < 0.1 % – 19 –
Unknown Other Parties 48.2 % – 303 –

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