1990 Dominican general election

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28 May 1990

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All 21 seats in the House of Assembly
11 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

66.65%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Eugenia Charles	Edison James	Michael Douglas
Party	DFP	UWP	DLP
Last election	56.58%, 15 seats	–	39.10%, 5 seats
Seats won	11	6	4
Seat change	4	New	1
Popular vote	16,529	8,979	7,860
Percentage	49.43%	26.85%	23.50%
Swing	7.15pp	New	15.60pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Eugenia Charles
DFP

Elected Prime Minister

Eugenia Charles
DFP

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General elections were held in Dominica on 28 May 1990. The result was a victory for the Dominica Freedom Party, which won 11 of the 21 seats. Voter turnout was 66.6%, the lowest since universal suffrage was introduced in 1951.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Dominica Freedom Party	16,529	49.43	11	–4
	United Workers' Party	8,979	26.85	6	New
	Dominica Labour Party	7,860	23.50	4	–2
	Dominica Progressive Party	74	0.22	0	New
Total		33,442	100.00	21	0

Valid votes		33,442	99.26
Invalid/blank votes		251	0.74
Total votes		33,693	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		50,557	66.64
Source: Nohlen

References

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

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