1970 St. Joseph by-election

Parliamentary by-election in Barbados in 1970

← 1966

3 December 1970

1971 →

Turnout

69.3%

MP before election

Grantley Adams
BLP

Elected MP

Charles Lindsey Bolden
BLP

A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St Joseph on 3 December 1970 after the resignation of Barbados Labour Party member Grantley Adams who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados.

Previous election

1966 general election: St Joseph
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Llyod Smith	Barbados Labour Party	2,233	37.27
	Grantley Adams	Barbados Labour Party	2,027	33.83
	Wilfred Coward	Democratic Labour Party	1,029	17.18
	R.B. Noel	Democratic Labour Party	702	11.72
Total			5,991	100.00

Valid votes			5,991	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			5,991	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,553	168.62
Source: Caribbean Elections

Charles Lindsey Bolden won the election. Turnout was 69.3%.


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Charles Lindsey Bolden	Barbados Labour Party	1,950	61.55
	Lloyd Smith	Democratic Labour Party	1,218	38.45
Total			3,168	100.00

Valid votes			3,168	98.57
Invalid/blank votes			46	1.43
Total votes			3,214	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,640	69.27
	BLP hold
Source: Caribbean Elections

"1970 By-Election in the Constituency of St. Joseph" (PDF). Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission. October 2021. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
"Barbados General Election Results - 3 November 1966". web.archive.org. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
"Barbados By- Election Results - St. Lucy 1954". web.archive.org. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

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