1991 Barbadian general election

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22 January 1991

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28 seats in the House of Assembly
15 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

63.72% (

12.98pp)

	First party	Second party

Leader	Erskine Sandiford	Henry Forde
Party	DLP	BLP
Last election	24 seats	3 seats
Seats won	18	10
Seat change	6	7
Popular vote	59,900	51,789
Percentage	49.77%	43.03%
Swing	9.68pp	2.66pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
DLP

Elected Prime Minister

Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
DLP

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General elections were held in Barbados on 22 January 1991 to elect all 28 members (MPs) of the House of Assembly of Barbados. The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP), which won 18 of the 28 seats. The opposition Barbados Labour Party led by Henry Forde won ten seats, an increase of seven compared to the 1986 elections. Voter turnout was 63.7%. DLP leader Lloyd Erskine Sandiford remained Prime Minister.

This was the first general election contested by the National Democratic Party (NDP), which had been founded in 1989 by four defecting DLP MPs, led by the former finance minister Richard Haynes. Despite polling nearly 7% of the national vote, all four lost their seats and no new NDP members were elected under Barbados' first-past-the-post electoral system.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Labour Party	59,900	49.77	18	–6
	Barbados Labour Party	51,789	43.03	10	+7
	National Democratic Party	8,218	6.83	0	New
	Independents	445	0.37	0	0
Total		120,352	100.00	28	+1

Valid votes		120,352	98.90
Invalid/blank votes		1,344	1.10
Total votes		121,696	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		191,000	63.72
Source: Nohlen

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
"Barbados General Election Results - 22 January 1991". Caribbean Elections. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

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