Barbados General Election
Results - 22 January 1991 |
General elections were held in Barbados on 22 January 1991. Elections were held for all 28 seats in the House of Assembly using a first-past-the-post system.
In 1990, the Electoral and Boundaries Commission in its review of constituency boundaries increased the number of seats in the House of Assembly from 27 to 28.
Electoral System
The 28 members of the House of Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. There was no fixed election date in effect in Barbados at this time; hence, the choice of election date is the prerogative of the Prime Minister.
Background
Following the May 1986 General Election, Prime Minister Errol Barrow (Democratic Labour Party - DLP) died in June 1987 and was succeeded by Erskine Sandiford (hitherto the Deputy Prime Minister), who pledged to continue Barrow’s economic and social policies, particularly tax reforms. In February 1989, four DLP members left the party to form a new one known as the National Democratic Party (NDP); Richard Haynes, its head, was subsequently appointed as leader of the parliamentary opposition.
On 29 December 1990, the Governor-General issued a proclamation dissolving Parliament and Writs appointing Monday, 7 January 1991 as Nomination Day and Tuesday, 22 January 1991 as Election Day.
There were 191,000 registered electors, 89,354 males and 101, 646 females.
Political Parties & Candidates
In the 1991 poll, the ruling DLP’s main challenge once again came from the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), which had been in office until 1986.
A total of 91 candidates from three political parties contested the election. The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) - led by Henry Forde, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) - led by David Thompson, and the National Democratic Party (NDP) - led by Richard Haynes - all presented full slates of 28 candidates each. There were also seven independent candidates.
Campaign
The Sandiford-led DLP ran on a platform of "economic justice" and Caribbean cooperation.
Results
On polling day, Sandiford won his first full term of office as Prime Minister as the DLP captured 18 of the enlarged House of Assembly’s 28 seats. The BLP won the remaining 10. The National Democratic Party, formed in 1989 by former finance minister Richie Haynes, lost all four of its seats.
A new Cabinet was announced on 26 January 1991.
Voter Turnout
Voter turnout was 63.72%. |
Dissolution of House |
Sat, 29 Dec 1990 |
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Nomination Day |
Mon, 7 Jan 1991 |
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Polling Day |
Tue, 22 Jan 1991 |
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First Meeting of Parliament |
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BLP |
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28 candidates |
10
seats |
51,172
votes (42.5%) |
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DLP |
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28
candidates |
18
seats |
60,517 votes (50.3%) |
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NDP |
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28 candidates |
0 seats |
8,218 votes (6.8%) |
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IND |
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7
candidates |
0 seats |
445
votes (0.4%) |
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Constituency |
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Representative |
Party |
City of Bridgetown |
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MILLER, Billie Antoinette |
Barbados Labour Party |
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St. Michael South |
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SANDIFORD, Lloyd Erskine |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. Michael East |
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TUDOR, Joseph O. |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. Michael South Central |
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BOWEN, David W. |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. Michael Central |
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TROTMAN, Cardinal LeRoy |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. Michael South East |
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BRADSHAW, Delisle O. |
Barbados Labour Party |
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St. Michael North East |
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BRATHWAITE, Leroy L. |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. Michael North |
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GREAVES, Philip M. |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. Michael North West |
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WEEKES, Lawson A. |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. Michael West |
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TAITT, Branford M. |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. Michael West Central |
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HALL, Wesley W. |
Democratic Labour Party |
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Christ Church West |
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FORDE, Henry deBoulay |
Barbados Labour Party |
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Christ Church West Central |
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KING, Maurice A. |
Democratic Labour Party |
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Christ Church South |
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MORRIS, Robert L. |
Democratic Labour Party |
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Christ Church East Central |
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ST. JOHN, Harold Bernard |
Barbados Labour Party |
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Christ Church East |
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ESTWICK , Tyrone Cecil |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. Philip North |
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FRANKLIN, Warwick O. |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. Philip South |
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BLACKMAN, Harold A. |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. George North |
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WALKER, Cyril Valentine |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. George South |
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TULL, Louis Randall |
Barbados Labour Party |
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St. John |
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THOMPSON, David John Howard |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. Joseph |
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CHELTENHAM, Richard L. |
Barbados Labour Party |
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St. Thomas |
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SIMMONS, David A.C. |
Barbados Labour Party |
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St. James North |
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EASTMOND, Rawle C. |
Barbados Labour Party |
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St. James South |
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SIMMONS, Neville Keith |
Democratic Labour Party |
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St. Peter |
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ARTHUR, Owen Seymour |
Barbados Labour Party |
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St. Andrew |
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PAYNE, George Walton |
Barbados Labour Party |
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St. Lucy |
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GREAVES, Edward Evelyn |
Democratic Labour Party |
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Constituency |
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Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
%Votes |
City of Bridgetown |
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BILLIE A. MILLER  |
BLP |
1,630 |
45.94% |
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John A. Connell |
DLP |
1,569 |
44.22% |
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Peter J.M. Miller |
NDP |
349 |
9.84% |
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St. Michael South |
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LLOYD E. SANDIFORD  |
DLP |
2,416 |
61.30% |
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Ian C. A. Bishop |
BLP |
1,312 |
33.29% |
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Vernon O. Smith |
NDP |
173 |
4.39% |
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David McD. Smith |
IND |
40 |
1.01% |
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St. Michael East |
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JOSEPH O. TUDOR  |
DLP |
2,752 |
67.82% |
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Hugh D. Harper |
BLP |
953 |
23.48% |
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Grenvllle S. Barrow |
NDP |
353 |
8.70% |
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St. Michael South Central |
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DAVID W. BOWEN  |
DLP |
1,733 |
40.57% |
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Philip C. Goddard |
BLP |
1,430 |
33.47% |
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Richard C. Haynes |
NDP |
1,109 |
25.96% |
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St. Michael Central |
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CARDINAL L. TROTMAN  |
DLP |
1,961 |
53.19% |
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Aaron Truss |
BLP |
1,577 |
42.77% |
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William W. Skinner |
NDP |
149 |
4.04% |
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St. Michael South East |
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DELISLE O. BRADSHAW  |
BLP |
1,881 |
47.49% |
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Erskine A. Simmons |
DLP |
1,799 |
45.42% |
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Cranston C. Browne |
NDP |
268 |
6.77% |
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Anthony T. Wiggins |
IND |
13 |
0.33% |
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St. Michael North East |
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LEROY L. BRATHWAITE  |
DLP |
1,767 |
49.61% |
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Mia A. Mottley |
BLP |
1,580 |
44.36% |
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Harold A. Eastmond |
NDP |
215 |
6.04% |
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St. Michael North |
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PHILIP M. GREAVES  |
DLP |
2,335 |
53.99% |
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Ronald St.C. Toppin |
BLP |
1,673 |
38.68% |
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Vere P. Brathwaite |
NDP |
317 |
7.33% |
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St. Michael North West |
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LAWSON A. WEEKES  |
DLP |
2,139 |
62.00% |
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Leroy F. Callender |
BLP |
1,065 |
30.87% |
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Sally M.S. Cools |
NDP |
246 |
7.13% |
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St. Michael West |
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BRANFORD M. TAITT  |
DLP |
2,569 |
68.71% |
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Muhammad A. Nassar |
BLP |
1,003 |
26.83% |
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Alfred W.A. McClean |
NDP |
167 |
4.47% |
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St. Michael West Central |
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WESLEY W. HALL |
DLP |
2,139 |
54.19% |
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Victor L. Johnson |
BLP |
1,556 |
39.42% |
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Rommell D. Marshall |
NDP |
252 |
6.38% |
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Christ Church West |
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HENRY DEB. FORDE  |
BLP |
2,764 |
66.51% |
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John N. Daniel |
DLP |
1,115 |
26.83% |
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Harold C.D. Hinds |
NDP |
277 |
6.67% |
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Christ Church West Central |
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MAURICE A. KING  |
DLP |
1,773 |
48.15% |
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Joseph M. Edghill |
BLP |
1,611 |
43.75% |
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Harold L. Russell |
NDP |
298 |
8.09% |
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Christ Church East Central |
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ROBERT L. MORRIS  |
DLP |
2,521 |
55.68% |
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Duncan Carter |
BLP |
1,740 |
38.43% |
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Jeannette E. Layne-Clark |
NDP |
267 |
5.90% |
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Christ Church South |
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HAROLD B. ST. JOHN  |
BLP |
2,378 |
53.79% |
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Carl D. Clarke |
DLP |
1,761 |
39.83% |
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George S. Bispham |
NDP |
282 |
6.38% |
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Christ Church East |
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TYRONE C. ESTWICK  |
DLP |
2,333 |
47.65% |
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Calvin D. Harris |
BLP |
2,101 |
42.91% |
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Edgar Bourne |
NDP |
462 |
9.44% |
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St. Philip North |
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WARWICK O. FRANKLIN  |
DLP |
2,822 |
55.50% |
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George S. Griffith |
BLP |
2,001 |
39.35% |
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Joseph E. Goddard |
NDP |
247 |
4.86% |
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Henderson L. Linton |
IND |
15 |
0.29% |
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St. Philip South |
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HAROLD A. BLACKMAN  |
DLP |
2,798 |
59.60% |
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Clyde A. D. Holder |
BLP |
1,686 |
35.91% |
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Gertrude L. Eastmond |
NDP |
211 |
4.49% |
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St. George North |
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CYRIL V. WALKER  |
DLP |
2,215 |
48.52% |
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Gline A. Clarke |
BLP |
2,024 |
44.34% |
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Granville O. Cox |
NDP |
326 |
7.14% |
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St. George South |
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LOUIS R. TULL  |
BLP |
2,686 |
58.06% |
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Leroy H. McClean |
DLP |
1,384 |
29.92% |
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Richard P. Byer |
NDP |
556 |
12.02% |
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St. John |
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DAVID J. H. THOMPSON  |
DLP |
3,564 |
81.54% |
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Steven G.W. ConiIffe |
BLP |
640 |
14.64% |
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Litchfield Morgan |
NDP |
115 |
2.63% |
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Evans McG. Webster |
IND |
52 |
1.19% |
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St. Joseph |
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RICHARD L. CHELTENHAM  |
BLP |
2,203 |
49.22% |
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Malzle I. Barker-Welch |
DLP |
1,860 |
41.55% |
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Randall I.E. Worrell |
NDP |
380 |
8.49% |
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Hamilton T.E. Roachford |
IND |
33 |
0.74% |
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St. Thomas |
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DAVID A.C. SIMMONS  |
BLP |
3,029 |
64.74% |
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Enrol E. Niles |
DLP |
1,445 |
30.88% |
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Ruth Taylor |
NDP |
205 |
4.38% |
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St. James North |
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RAMLE C. EASTMOND  |
BLP |
2,505 |
52.76% |
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Joseph J. Payne |
DLP |
2,038 |
42.92% |
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Dennis L. Bailey |
NDP |
183 |
3.85% |
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Gordon S. Price |
IND |
22 |
0.46% |
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St. James South |
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NEVILLE K. SIMMONS  |
DLP |
2,818 |
60.23% |
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Henrietta E. Thompson |
BLP |
1,505 |
32.16% |
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Cora C. Cumberbatch |
NDP |
356 |
7.61% |
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St. Peter |
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OWEN S. ARTHUR |
BLP |
2,810 |
55.52% |
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Yvonne V. Walkes |
DLP |
2,159 |
42.66% |
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George B. Rock |
NDP |
92 |
1.82% |
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St. Andrew |
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GEORGE N. PAYNE  |
BLP |
2,217 |
53.31% |
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Clifton A. Neblett |
DLP |
1,407 |
33.83% |
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Halton G. Martin |
IND |
270 |
6.49% |
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Carl W. Power |
NDP |
265 |
6.37% |
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St. Lucy |
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EDWARD E. GREAVES  |
DLP |
2,712 |
53.82% |
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Roy E. Brathwalte |
BLP |
2,229 |
44.23% |
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George W. Edghlll |
NDP |
98 |
1.94% |
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Constituency |
Registered |
BLP |
DLP |
NDP |
IND |
Total Valid |
Invalid Votes |
Total Votes |
Turnout |
City of Bridgetown |
6,208 |
1,630 |
1,569 |
349 |
- |
3,548 |
65 |
3,613 |
58.20% |
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St. Michael South |
6,528 |
1,312 |
2,416 |
173 |
40 |
3,941 |
19 |
3,960 |
60.66% |
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St. Michael East |
6,397 |
953 |
2,752 |
353 |
- |
4,058 |
64 |
4,122 |
64.44% |
St. Michael South Central |
6,597 |
1,430 |
1,733 |
1,109 |
- |
4,272 |
55 |
4,327 |
65.59% |
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St. Michael Central |
6,009 |
1,577 |
1,961 |
149 |
- |
3,687 |
50 |
3,737 |
62.19% |
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St. Michael South East |
6,304 |
1,881 |
1,799 |
268 |
13 |
3,961 |
23 |
3,984 |
63.20% |
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St. Michael North East |
6,235 |
1,580 |
1,767 |
215 |
- |
3,562 |
60 |
3,622 |
58.09% |
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St. Michael North |
7,352 |
1,673 |
2,335 |
317 |
- |
4,325 |
45 |
4,370 |
59.44% |
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St. Michael North West |
6,242 |
1,065 |
2,139 |
246 |
- |
3,450 |
54 |
3,504 |
56.14% |
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St. Michael West |
6,279 |
1,003 |
2,569 |
167 |
- |
3,739 |
63 |
3,802 |
60.55% |
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St. Michael West Central |
6,461 |
1,556 |
2,139 |
252 |
- |
3,947 |
34 |
3,981 |
61.62% |
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Christ Church West |
6,853 |
2,764 |
1,115 |
277 |
- |
4,156 |
26 |
4,182 |
61.02% |
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Christ Church West Central |
6,299 |
1,611 |
1,773 |
298 |
- |
3,682 |
27 |
3,709 |
58.88% |
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Christ Church South |
7,208 |
1,761 |
2,521 |
267 |
- |
4,549 |
46 |
4,595 |
63.75% |
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Christ Church East Central |
6,895 |
1,740 |
2,378 |
282 |
- |
4,400 |
50 |
4,450 |
64.54% |
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Christ Church East |
7,568 |
2,101 |
2,333 |
462 |
- |
4,896 |
81 |
4,977 |
65.76% |
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St. Philip North |
7,375 |
2,001 |
2,822 |
247 |
15 |
5,085 |
32 |
5,117 |
69.38% |
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St. Philip South |
7,560 |
1,686 |
2,798 |
211 |
- |
4,695 |
54 |
4,749 |
62.82% |
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St. George North |
6,805 |
2,024 |
2,215 |
326 |
- |
4,565 |
77 |
4,642 |
68.21% |
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St. George South |
6,980 |
2,686 |
1,384 |
556 |
- |
4,626 |
127 |
4,753 |
68.09% |
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St. John |
7,054 |
640 |
3,564 |
115 |
52 |
4,371 |
19 |
4,390 |
62.23% |
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St. Joseph |
7,086 |
2,203 |
1,860 |
380 |
33 |
4,476 |
19 |
4,495 |
63.43% |
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St. Thomas |
7,246 |
3,029 |
1,445 |
205 |
- |
4,679 |
28 |
4,707 |
64.96% |
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St. James North |
7,428 |
2,505 |
2,036 |
183 |
22 |
4,746 |
19 |
4,765 |
64.15% |
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St. James South |
7,534 |
1,505 |
2,816 |
356 |
- |
4,677 |
21 |
4,698 |
62.36% |
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St. Peter |
7,180 |
2,810 |
2,159 |
92 |
- |
5,061 |
55 |
5,116 |
71.25% |
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St. Andrew |
6,379 |
2,217 |
1,407 |
265 |
270 |
4,159 |
22 |
4,181 |
65.54% |
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St. Lucy |
6,938 |
2,229 |
2,712 |
98 |
- |
5,039 |
109 |
5,148 |
74.20% |
Total |
191,000 |
51,172 |
60,517 |
8,218 |
445 |
120,352 |
1,344 |
121,696 |
63.72% |
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Key |
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Bajan Free Party |
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NDP = National Democratic Party |
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United Progressive Party |
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Barbados Integrity Movement |
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People's Democratic Congress |
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WPB = Workers Party of Barbados |
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Barbados
Labour Party |
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PEP = People's Empowerment Party |
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Independent Candidate |
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Democratic
Labour Party |
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PPA = People's Political Alliance |
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*incumbent |
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Kingdom Government of Barbados |
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Solutions Barbados |
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** Political Leader |
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Sources |
Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission |
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Barbados Integrity Movement (2018). Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/barbdaosintegritymovement/?ref=py_c |
Barbados Labour Party. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.blp.org.bb/ |
Coalition of United Party. (2018) Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/alexmitchell.el/ |
Democratic Labour Party. (2018). Retrieved from http://dlpbarbados.org/site/ |
Solutions Barbados. (2018). Retrieved from https://solutionsbarbados.com/ |
United Progressive Party. (2018). Retrieved from https://uppbarbados.org/ |
Inter-Parliamentary Union. (2018). Barbados. Retrieved from http://archive.ipu.org/parline/reports/2025_E.htm |
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