General elections were held in Barbados on 18 June 1981.[1] The result was a victory for the ruling Barbados Labour Party, which won 17 of the 27 seats. Voter turnout was 71.6%.[1]
This was the first election to take place after the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act (1980) had increased the number of seats in the House of Assembly of Barbados from 24 to 27, the first such expansion since 1843.[2]
1981, barbadian, general, election, general, elections, were, held, barbados, june, 1981, result, victory, ruling, barbados, labour, party, which, seats, voter, turnout, 1976, june, 1981, 1986, seats, house, assembly14, seats, needed, majorityturnout71, 51pp, . General elections were held in Barbados on 18 June 1981 1 The result was a victory for the ruling Barbados Labour Party which won 17 of the 27 seats Voter turnout was 71 6 1 1981 Barbadian general election 1976 18 June 1981 1986 27 seats in the House of Assembly14 seats needed for a majorityTurnout71 58 2 51pp First party Second party Leader Tom Adams Errol Barrow Party BLP DLP Last election 17 seats 7 seats Seats won 17 10 Seat change 3 Popular vote 61 883 55 845 Percentage 52 22 47 13 Swing 0 47pp 0 69ppResults by constituencyPrime Minister before election Tom Adams BLP Elected Prime Minister Tom Adams BLP This was the first election to take place after the Representation of the People Amendment Act 1980 had increased the number of seats in the House of Assembly of Barbados from 24 to 27 the first such expansion since 1843 2 Results edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats Barbados Labour Party61 88352 22170Democratic Labour Party55 84547 1310 3Independents7730 6500Total118 501100 0027 3Valid votes118 50199 11Invalid blank votes1 0650 89Total votes119 566100 00Registered voters turnout167 02971 58Source NohlenReferences edit a b Dieter Nohlen 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook Volume I p90 ISBN 978 0 19 928357 6 Barbados General Election Results 18 June 1981 Caribbean Elections Archived from the original on 7 October 2020 Retrieved 27 October 2020 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 1981 Barbadian general election amp oldid 1160000482, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
