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Barbados |
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Area: 430 sq km; 166 sq miles | Population: 256,600 (UN, 2010)
Capital City: Bridgetown |
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| Head of State |
Inherited monarchy with a Governor General appointed by the British Monarch |
| Head of Government |
Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor General |
| Structure of Parliament |
Bicameral Parliament consisting of the Senate with 21 seats and the House of Assembly with 30 seats. |
| Electoral Law |
1 June 1971; Last amendment: 01/09/1990 |
| Constituencies |
30 single-member constituencies |
| Voting System |
In the Senate 21 members are appointed by the governor-general. In the House of Assembly 30 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms. |
| Term of Office |
5 years for both chambers |
| Voter Requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Barbados citizenship (or Commonwealth citizenship if residence in the country for 3 years before elections)
- residence in a constituency for 3 months
- disqualifications: insanity, imprisonment, death sentence |
| Candidate Eligibility and Requirements |
Qualified electors
- age: 21 years
- Barbados citizenship
- residence in the country for more than 7 years
- ineligibility: undischarged bankruptcy, allegiance to a foreign State, imprisonment exceeding 6 months, conviction of felony or of an offence involving dishonesty, electoral fraud
- nomination by 4 electors
- deposit equivalent to US$ 125, reimbursed if the candidate is elected or obtains more than 1/6 of the total votes cast in the constituency. |
| Electoral Authority |
Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission |
| Last Elections |
21 February 2013 |
| Next Elections |
February 2018 |
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| Barbados Labour Party or BLP [Owen ARTHUR] |
| Democratic Labour Party or DLP [Freundel STUART] |
| People's Empowerment Party or PEP [David COMISSIONG] |
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| Year |
Specific Date |
Election Type |
View Results |
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| 1966 |
2 November 1966 |
Parliamentary |
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CaribbeanElections.com |
| 1971 |
9 September 1971 |
Parliamentary |
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CaribbeanElections.com |
| 1976 |
2 September
1976 |
Parliamentary |
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CaribbeanElections.com |
| 1981 |
18 June 1981 |
Parliamentary |
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CaribbeanElections.com |
| 1986 |
28 May
1986 |
Parliamentary |
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CaribbeanElections.com |
| 1991 |
22 January 1991 |
Parliamentary |
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CaribbeanElections.com |
| 1994 |
6 September 1994 |
Parliamentary |
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CaribbeanElections.com |
| 1999 |
20 January 1999 |
Parliamentary |
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CaribbeanElections.com |
| 2003 |
21 May
2003 |
Parliamentary |
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CaribbeanElections.com |
| 2008 |
15 January 2008 |
Parliamentary |
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CaribbeanElections.com |
| 2011 |
20 January 2011 |
Parliamentary by-election |
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CaribbeanElections.com |
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