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General elections were held in [[Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla]] on 20 September 1943.<ref name=VBOF/> The [[Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party|Workers' League]] won all the elected seats,<ref name=RJA>Robert J Alexander & Eldon M Parker (2004) ''A History of Organized Labor in the English-speaking West Indies'', Greenwood Publishing Group, p136</ref> defeating an alliance of merchants and planters nominated by the Agricultural and Commercial Society.<ref>Mary Turner (1995) ''From Chattel Slaves to Wage Slaves: The Dynamics of Labour Bargaining in the Americas'', Indiana University Press, p293</ref>

==Electoral system==
The Legislative Council had five elected members, with each island acting as a constituency; [[St Kitts]] returned three members, whilst [[Anguilla]] and [[Nevis]] returned one each.<ref name=EO>[http://www.gov.ai/electoraloffice/electoralHistory.html Brief History of the Electoral Process in Anguilla] Central Electoral Office</ref> The right to vote was restricted to those over the age of 21 who had an income of at least £30 per annum, owned property with a value of at least £100, paid at least £12 of rent per year, or had paid at least 15 shillings of direct tax in the previous year.<ref name=EO/>

==Results==
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Constituency
!Candidate
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Notes
|-
|align=left rowspan=2|Anguilla||align=left|W Hodge|| ||29||54.72||Elected
|-
|align=left|[[Albert Elliot Owen]]|| ||24||45.28||
|-
|align=left rowspan=2|Nevis||align=left|R J Gordon|| || || ||Elected
|-
|align=left|F Henville|| || || ||
|-
|align=left rowspan=4|St Kitts||align=left|J L Harney||align=left|[[Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party|Workers' League]]||682||30.03||Elected
|-
|align=left|[[Joseph Matthew Sebastian]]||align=left|[[Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party|Workers' League]]||680||29.94||Elected
|-
|align=left|S James||align=left|[[Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party|Workers' League]]||666||29.33||Elected
|-
|align=left|J W Blackett|| ||243||10.70||
|-
|align=left colspan=6|Source: O'Flaherty<ref name=VBOF>Victoria Borg O'Flaherty (2004) ''20th century election results in St. Kitts - Nevis'', The National Archives, pp6–7</ref>
|}

==Aftermath==
Sebastian died on 25 June 1944. The subsequent by-election was won by [[Maurice Davis (politician)|Maurice Davis]].<ref name=VBOF/>

==References==
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{{Anguillan elections}}
{{Saint Kitts and Nevis elections}}

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