1981 Barbadian general election
18 June 1981
27 seats in the House of Assembly
14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.58% (Decrease2.51pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tom Adams Errol Barrow
Party BLP DLP
Last election 17 seats 7 seats
Seats won 17 10
Seat change Steady Increase3
Popular vote 61,883 55,845
Percentage 52.22% 47.13%
Swing Decrease0.47pp Increase0.69pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Tom Adams
BLP

 Elected Prime Minister

Tom Adams
BLP

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]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Barbados Labour Party61,88352.22170
Democratic Labour Party55,84547.1310+3
Independents7730.6500
Total118,501100.0027+3
Valid votes118,50199.11
Invalid/blank votes1,0650.89
Total votes119,566100.00
Registered voters/turnout167,02971.58
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. 1 2 Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ↑ "Barbados General Election Results - 18 June 1981". Caribbean Elections. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.


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