1980 Dominican general election

Election in Dominica

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General elections were held in Dominica on 21 July 1980. The result was a victory for the Dominica Freedom Party, which won 17 of the 21 seats, whilst the ruling Dominica Labour Party lost all 16 seats after nineteen years in power. Voter turnout was 80.2%.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Dominica Freedom Party	15,706	51.34	17	+14
	Dominica Democratic Labour Party	6,034	19.72	2	New
	Dominica Labour Party	5,126	16.75	0	–16
	Dominica Liberation Movement Alliance	2,575	8.42	0	New
	Independents	1,154	3.77	2	0
Total		30,595	100.00	21	0

Valid votes		30,595	99.20
Invalid/blank votes		247	0.80
Total votes		30,842	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		38,452	80.21
Source: Nohlen

References

Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p230 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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