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1999 Barbadian general election

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1999 Barbadian general election

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28 seats in the House of Assembly
15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout63.36% (Increase2.47pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Owen Arthur David Thompson
Party BLP DLP
Leader's seat St. Peter St. John
Last election 19 seats 8 seats
Seats won 26 2
Seat change Increase7 Decrease6
Popular vote 83,445 45,118
Percentage 64.87% 35.08%
Swing Increase16.53pp Decrease3.25pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Owen Arthur
Barbados Labour Party

Elected Prime Minister

Owen Arthur
Barbados Labour Party

General elections were held in Barbados on 20 January 1999.[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Barbados Labour Party led by Owen Arthur, which won 26 of the 28 seats.[2] The opposition Democratic Labour Party led by David Thompson, only won two seats. Voter turnout was 63.4%.[1]

At the time, this was the largest margin of victory since universal suffrage was introduced in 1951.[1] This record would be broken in 2018, when the BLP won all 30 seats in the House of Assembly.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Barbados Labour Party83,44564.8726+7
Democratic Labour Party45,11835.082–6
Independents670.0500
Total128,630100.00280
Valid votes128,63099.37
Invalid/blank votes8200.63
Total votes129,450100.00
Registered voters/turnout204,30763.36
Source: Nohlen

References

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  1. ^ a b c Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ "Barbados: parliamentary elections House of Representatives, 1999". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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