General elections were held in Barbados on 13 December 1951,[1] the first held under universal suffrage.

[2] The result was a victory for the Barbados Labour Party, which won 15 of the 24 seats.

[1] Edna Ermyntrude Bourne, elected in the Parish of St. Andrew, became the island's first female member of the House of Assembly.

[3] At the time of the election, Barbados did not have a formal ministerial government.

This was established on 1 February 1954, when Grantley Herbert Adams became the first Premier.