2018 Barbadian general election
General elections were held in Barbados on 24 May 2018.[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), which won all 30 seats in the House of Assembly.[2] As a result, BLP leader Mia Mottley became the country's first female Prime Minister.[2]
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Electoral system
The 30 members of the House of Assembly are elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.[3]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Barbados Labour Party | 111,968 | 74.58 | 30 | +16 |
Democratic Labour Party | 33,985 | 22.64 | 0 | –16 |
Solutions Barbados | 4,188 | 2.79 | 0 | New |
United Progressive Party | 1,965 | 1.31 | 0 | New |
Coalition of United Parties | 580 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 |
Independents | 1,059 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | |
Total | 153,745 | 100 | 30 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 255,833 | 60.00 | – | – |
Source: Caribbean Elections |
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References
- Barbados Election Centre Caribbean Elections
- Barbados elects Mia Mottley as first woman PM BBC News, 25 May 2018
- Electoral system IPU
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