2008 Barbadian general election

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15 January 2008

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30 seats in the House of Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

63.54% (

6.66%)

	First party	Second party

Leader	David Thompson	Owen Arthur
Party	DLP	BLP
Leader's seat	St. John	St. Peter
Last election	7 seats	23 seats
Seats won	20	10
Seat change	13	13
Popular vote	77,681	69,720
Percentage	52.55%	47.16%
Swing	8.46%	8.64%

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Owen Arthur
Barbados Labour Party

Elected Prime Minister

David Thompson
DLP

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General elections were held in Barbados on 15 January 2008. A concurrent referendum to determine whether or not to become a republic was initially planned but vote was postponed.

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP), which had been in opposition since 1994, won with 20 seats to 10 seats for the Barbados Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Owen Arthur. Recounts were held in some constituencies due to close results.

On 11 September 2008 Hamilton Lashley MP, for St. Michael South-East announced he would cross the floor and no longer be a member of the Barbados Labour Party, but would instead become an independent. His defection brought the BLP as Opposition down to nine seats for the remainder of the Parliamentary session. He later decided to join the ruling DLP party.

DLP chairman David Thompson was sworn in as Prime Minister on 16 January. After David Thompson died in October 2010 a by-election was held in January 2011 to fill his vacant seat for St. John.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Labour Party	77,681	52.55	20	+13
	Barbados Labour Party	69,720	47.16	10	–13
	People's Empowerment Party	235	0.16	0	New
	People's Democratic Congress	46	0.03	0	New
	Independents	144	0.10	0	0
Total		147,826	100.00	30	0

Valid votes		147,826	98.79
Invalid/blank votes		1,807	1.21
Total votes		149,633	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		235,510	63.54
Source: Electoral Department, Election Passport

References

^ Thompson sworn in as Barbados PM Xinhua, 17 January 2008
Elections in Barbados Archived January 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, The Jamaica Gleaner, 13 January 2008
"Barbados: parliamentary elections House of Representatives, 2008". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
BARBADOS ELECTION: Ruling party defeated Archived February 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, The Nation, 16 January 2008
BLP move? Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Daily Nation, 5 October 2008

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