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Turnout | 63.36% (2.47pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Barbados Labour Party | 83,445 | 64.87 | 26 | +7 | |
Democratic Labour Party | 45,118 | 35.08 | 2 | –6 | |
Independents | 67 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 128,630 | 100.00 | 28 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 128,630 | 99.37 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 820 | 0.63 | |||
Total votes | 129,450 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 204,307 | 63.36 | |||
Source: Nohlen |
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28 seats in the House of Assembly 15 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 63.36% (2.47pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Barbados Labour Party | 83,445 | 64.87 | 26 | +7 | |
Democratic Labour Party | 45,118 | 35.08 | 2 | –6 | |
Independents | 67 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 128,630 | 100.00 | 28 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 128,630 | 99.37 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 820 | 0.63 | |||
Total votes | 129,450 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 204,307 | 63.36 | |||
Source: Nohlen |