1999 Barbadian general election

1999 Barbadian general election

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28 seats in the House of Assembly 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.36% (2.47pp)
First party Second party   Leader Owen Arthur David Thompson Party BLP DLP Leader's seat St. Peter St. John Last election 19 seats 8 seats Seats won 26 2 Seat change 7 6 Popular vote 83,445 45,118 Percentage 64.87% 35.08% Swing 16.53pp 3.25pp
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Prime Minister before election Owen Arthur Barbados Labour Party Elected Prime Minister Owen Arthur Barbados Labour Party

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General elections were held in Barbados on 20 January 1999.^[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Barbados Labour Party led by Owen Arthur, which won 26 of the 28 seats.^[2] The opposition Democratic Labour Party led by David Thompson, only won two seats. Voter turnout was 63.4%.^[1]

At the time, this was the largest margin of victory since universal suffrage was introduced in 1951.^[1] This record would be broken in 2018, when the BLP won all 30 seats in the House of Assembly.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barbados Labour Party	83,445	64.87	26	+7
	Democratic Labour Party	45,118	35.08	2	–6
	Independents	67	0.05	0	0
Total		128,630	100.00	28	0
Valid votes		128,630	99.37
Invalid/blank votes		820	0.63
Total votes		129,450	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		204,307	63.36
Source: Nohlen

References

External links

• Constituency results from Adam Carr's Election Archive

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