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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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Barbados Labour Party83,44564.8726+7
Democratic Labour Party45,11835.082–6
Independents670.0500
Total128,630100.00280
Valid votes128,63099.37
Invalid/blank votes8200.63
Total votes129,450100.00
Registered voters/turnout204,30763.36
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ a b c Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ "Barbados: parliamentary elections House of Representatives, 1999". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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