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Home General Elections 25 October 1951 Perth and East Perthshire |
UK Polling History: Election of 25 October 1951 – Perth and East Perthshire
Result summary
| Parties | |||
| Conservative | Labour | SNP | |
| Votes | 25,798 | 11,167 | 6,479 |
| Votes gained | +948 | -539 | – |
| Share of votes | 59.4% | 25.7% | 14.9% |
| Share of eligible voters | 46.5% | 20.1% | 11.7% |
| Gain in share of votes | +3.3% | -0.7% | – |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +0.7% | -1.4% | – |
| Total votes: | 43,444 | |
| Electorate: | 55,507 | |
| Turnout: | 78.3% | |
| Outcome: | Conservative hold | |
| Swing: | 2.0% | Conservative from Labour |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Perth 23 February 1950 |
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Constituency succeeded by North Tayside, Perth and Kinross 9 June 1983 |
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| Date | Type | Parties | ||||
| Conservative | SNP | Labour | Liberal | National | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||
| Conservative | SNP | Labour | Liberal | National | ||
| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 20,153 | 17,050 | 6,432 | 4,410 | |
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 16,544 | 17,337 | 5,805 | 2,851 | |
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 21,167 | 12,192 | 6,784 | 4,644 | |
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 21,860 | 7,112 | 9,972 | 3,011 | |
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 22,129 | 6,128 | 10,911 | ||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 23,912 | 7,186 | 10,184 | ||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 24,217 | 9,637 | 7,781 | ||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 22,948 | 9,227 | 8,313 | ||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 25,798 | 6,479 | 11,167 | ||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 24,850 | 11,706 | 3,623 | 4,118 | |