 |
Past
Election Results - 1956 - 1999 |
NUMBER OF SEATS |
|
YEAR
|
BLP
|
DLP
|
NDP
|
BNP
|
OTHER
|
IND
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
26
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
28
|
|
|
19
|
8
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
28
|
|
1991
|
10
|
18
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
28
|
|
|
3
|
24
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
27
|
|
|
17
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
27
|
|
|
17
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
24
|
|
1971
|
6
|
18
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
24
|
|
1966
|
8
|
14
|
-
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
24
|
|
1961
|
5
|
14
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
24
|
|
1956
|
15
|
4
|
-
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
24
|
| BLP
= Barbados Labour Party; DLP = Democratic Labour Party;
NDP = National Democratic Party; BNP = Barbados National
Party (Progressive Conservative Party prior to 1961 election);
IND = Independent; Other parties include: PPA = People's
Political Alliance; PPM = Peoples' Progressive Movement;
WPB = Workers Party of Barbados |
|
NUMBER OF VOTES |
|
YEAR
|
BLP
|
DLP
|
NDP
|
BNP
|
OTHER
|
IND
|
|
|
83,445
|
45,118
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
67
|
|
|
60,504
|
47,979
|
15,980
|
-
|
-
|
700
|
|
1991
|
51,789
|
59,900
|
8,218
|
-
|
-
|
445
|
|
|
54,367
|
80,050
|
-
|
-
|
40
|
202
|
|
|
61,883
|
55,845
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
773
|
|
|
51,948
|
45,786
|
-
|
-
|
572
|
291
|
|
1971
|
39,376
|
53,295
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
174
|
|
1966
|
47,610
|
72,384
|
-
|
14,801
|
598
|
10,661
|
|
1961
|
40,096
|
39,534
|
-
|
24,015
|
-
|
5,263
|
|
1956
|
48,667
|
19,650
|
-
|
21,060
|
1,695
|
7,552
|
| BLP
= Barbados Labour Party; DLP = Democratic Labour Party;
NDP = National Democratic Party; BNP = Barbados National
Party (Progressive Conservative Party prior to 1961 election);
IND = Independent; Other parties include: PPA = People's
Political Alliance; PPM = Peoples' Progressive Movement;
WPB = Workers Party of Barbados |
|
PERCENTAGE VOTES
|
|
YEAR
|
BLP
|
DLP
|
NDP
|
BNP
|
OTHER
|
IND
|
|
|
64.9%
|
35.1%
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.05%
|
|
|
48.3%
|
38.3%
|
12.8%
|
-
|
-
|
0.6%
|
|
1991
|
43.0%
|
49.8%
|
6.9%
|
-
|
-
|
0.4%
|
|
|
40.4%
|
59.5%
|
-
|
-
|
0.0%
|
0.2%
|
|
|
52.2%
|
47.1%
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.7%
|
|
|
52.7%
|
46.4%
|
-
|
-
|
0.6%
|
0.3%
|
|
1971
|
42.4%
|
57.4%
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.2%
|
|
1966
|
32.6%
|
49.3%
|
-
|
10.2%
|
0.4%
|
7.3%
|
|
1961
|
36.8%
|
36.3%
|
-
|
22.1%
|
-
|
4.8%
|
|
1956
|
49.0%
|
20.0%
|
-
|
21.0%
|
2.0%
|
8.0%
|
| BLP
= Barbados Labour Party; DLP = Democratic Labour Party;
NDP = National Democratic Party; BNP = Barbados National
Party (Progressive Conservative Party prior to 1961 election);
IND = Independent; Other parties include: PPA = People's
Political Alliance; PPM = Peoples' Progressive Movement;
WPB = Workers Party of Barbados |
|
VOTER TURNOUT |
|
YEAR
|
REGISTERED
VOTERS
|
PERSONS
WHO VOTED
|
TURNOUT
|
|
MALE
|
FEMALE
|
TOTAL
|
MALE
|
FEMALE
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
96,421
|
107,886
|
204,307
|
57,769
|
71,681
|
129,450
|
63.4%
|
|
|
97,253
|
109,389
|
206,642
|
57,648
|
68,174
|
125,822
|
60.9%
|
|
1991
|
|
|
191,000
|
|
|
120,352
|
63.7%
|
|
|
81,805
|
94,934
|
176,739
|
61,930
|
73,632
|
135,562
|
76.7%
|
|
|
76,854
|
90,175
|
167,029
|
53,861
|
65,705
|
119,566
|
71.6%
|
|
|
|
|
134,241
|
46,003
|
53,460
|
99,463
|
74.1%
|
|
1971
|
|
|
115,189
|
|
|
|
82.0%
|
|
1966
|
|
|
99,988
|
37,087
|
42,604
|
79,691
|
79.7%
|
|
1961
|
43,342
|
61,176
|
104,518
|
28,859
|
35,231
|
64,090
|
61.3%
|
|
1956
|
42,985
|
60,304
|
103,289
|
28,845
|
33,429
|
62,274
|
60.3%
|
sources:
Reports
on Barbados General Elections, 1999, 1994, 1986, 1976, 1966,
1961, 1956
General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean, Patrick A. M.
Emmanuel Table 11, p.37
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