Barbadian general election, 1994

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Early general elections were held in Barbados on 6 September 1994.^[1] The result was a victory for the Barbados Labour Party, which won 19 of the 28 seats, whilst the National Democratic Party became the first third party to win a seat since the Barbados National Party in 1966. Voter turnout was 60.9%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Barbados Labour Party	60,504	48.3	19	+9
Democratic Labour Party	47,979	38.8	8	-10
National Democratic Party	15,980	12.8	1	+1
Independents	700	0.6	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	659	-	-	-
Total	125,822	100	28	0
Source: Nohlen

References

1 2 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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