Barbadian general election, 1986
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barbados | |
This article is part of the series: |
|
|
|
Executive (The Crown) | |
---|---|
Sovereign (Queen Elizabeth II) |
|
Legislative (Parliament) | |
Senate |
|
Elections | |
Parliamentary constituencies |
|
Judicial | |
Supreme Court | |
General | |
Foreign relations |
|
Other countries · Atlas Politics Portal |
A legislative election was held in Barbados on 28 May 1986. The Barbadian people elected 27 members to the House of Assembly for a term of five years.
The opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) defeated the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), capturing the largest share (24) of seats in the election.
[edit] Election results
Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
Democratic Labour Party | 80,050 | 59.44 | 24 |
Barbados Labour Party | 54,367 | 40.37 | 3 |
Workers Party of Barbados | 40 | 0.03 | - |
Independents | 202 | 0.15 | - |
Total valid votes | 134,659 | 27 | |
Invalid votes | 903 | ||
Total votes cast (turnout: 76.7%) | 135,562 | ||
Registered voters | 176,739 |
|