General elections were held in Barbados on 9 September 1971.[1] Amendments to the electoral system saw the two-member constituencies previously used replaced by single-member first-past-the-post constituencies.[2] This was also the first election in modern Barbadian history to be contested by only two political parties, not including two independent candidates.[3]
The result was a victory for the Democratic Labour Party, which won 18 of the 24 seats. Despite achieving a larger increase in vote share than its opponent, the Barbados Labour Party lost two seats and its leader, Harold Bernard St. John, was defeated in his constituency of Christ Church South Central.[4] Voter turnout was 81.6%, the highest in the country's history.[1]
1971, barbadian, general, election, general, elections, were, held, barbados, september, 1971, amendments, electoral, system, member, constituencies, previously, used, replaced, single, member, first, past, post, constituencies, this, also, first, election, mo. General elections were held in Barbados on 9 September 1971 1 Amendments to the electoral system saw the two member constituencies previously used replaced by single member first past the post constituencies 2 This was also the first election in modern Barbadian history to be contested by only two political parties not including two independent candidates 3 1971 Barbadian general election 1966 9 September 1971 1976 24 seats in the House of Assembly13 seats needed for a majorityTurnout81 62 1 92pp First party Second party Leader Errol Barrow Bernard St JohnParty DLP BLPLast election 14 seats 8 seatsSeats won 18 6Seat change 4 2Popular vote 53 295 39 376Percentage 57 40 42 41 Swing 7 84pp 9 81ppResults by constituencyPrime Minister before electionErrol BarrowDLP Elected Prime Minister Errol BarrowDLPThe result was a victory for the Democratic Labour Party which won 18 of the 24 seats Despite achieving a larger increase in vote share than its opponent the Barbados Labour Party lost two seats and its leader Harold Bernard St John was defeated in his constituency of Christ Church South Central 4 Voter turnout was 81 6 the highest in the country s history 1 Results edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats Democratic Labour Party53 29557 4018 4Barbados Labour Party39 37642 416 2Independents1740 1900Total92 845100 00240Valid votes92 84598 75Invalid blank votes1 1741 25Total votes94 019100 00Registered voters turnout115 18981 62Source NohlenFurther reading editHoyte Harold ed 11 November 2012 St Michael holds key to poll victory Nation Newspaper Archived from the original on 14 April 2014 Retrieved 1 January 2013 References edit a b Dieter Nohlen 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook Volume I p90 ISBN 978 0 19 928357 6 Nohlen p92 Barbados General Election Results 9 September 1971 Caribbean Elections Archived from the original on 5 January 2022 Retrieved 27 October 2020 Caribbean Elections nbsp This Barbados related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1971 Barbadian general election amp oldid 1159829320, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
