1995 Dominican general election

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12 June 1995

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

Turnout

65.18%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Edison James	Brian Alleyne	Rosie Douglas
Party	UWP	DFP	DLP
Last election	26.85%, 6 seats	49.43%, 11 seats	23.50%, 4 seats
Seats won	11	5	5
Seat change	5	6	1
Popular vote	12,777	13,317	11,064
Percentage	34.36%	35.81%	29.75%
Swing	7.51pp	13.62pp	6.25pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Eugenia Charles
DFP

Elected Prime Minister

Edison James
UWP

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General elections were held in Dominica on 12 June 1995. Although the Dominica Freedom Party received the most votes, the United Workers' Party won 11 of the 21 seats. Voter turnout was 65.2%, the lowest since universal suffrage was introduced in 1951.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Dominica Freedom Party	13,317	35.81	5	–6
	United Workers' Party	12,777	34.36	11	+5
	Dominica Labour Party	11,064	29.75	5	+1
	Independents	29	0.08	0	New
Total		37,187	100.00	21	0

Valid votes		37,187	99.00
Invalid/blank votes		376	1.00
Total votes		37,563	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		57,632	65.18
Source: Nohlen

References

"DOMINCA: parliamentary elections House of Assembly, 1995". Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p230 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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