Past Election Results 1956 - 2003

NUMBER OF SEATS								view trends graph
YEAR	BLP	BNP	CON	DLP	NDP	PCP	PPA	PPM	WPB	IND	TOTAL
2003	23	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	0	30
1999	26	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0	28
1994	19	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	0	28
1991	10	-	-	18	0	-	-	-	-	0	28
1986	3	-	-	24		-	-	-	0	0	27
1981	17	-	-	10		-	-	-		0	27
1976	17	-	-	7		-	0	-		0	24
1971	6	-	-	18		-		-		0	24
1966	8	2	-	14		-		0		0	24
1961	5	4	-	14		-		-		1	24
1956	15		-	4		3		0		2	24
1951	18		2			4				0	24
BLP = Barbados Labour Party; BNP = Barbados National Party (Progressive Conservative Party prior to 1961 election); CON = Congress Party; DLP = Democratic Labour Party; NDP = National Democratic Party; IND = Independent; Other parties include: PPA = People's Political Alliance; PPM = Peoples' Progressive Movement; WPB = Workers Party of Barbados

NUMBER OF VOTES							view trends graph
YEAR	BLP	BNP	CON	DLP	NDP	PPA	PPM	WPB	IND	TOTAL
2003	75,101	-	-	58,209	-	-	-	-	141	133,451
1999	83,445	-	-	45,118	-	-	-	-	67	128,630
1994	60,504	-	-	47,979	15,980	-	-	-	700	125,163
1991	51,789	-	-	59,900	8,218	-	-	-	445	120,352
1986	54,367	-	-	80,050		-	-	40	202	134,659
1981	61,883	-	-	55,845		-	-		773	118,501
1976	51,948	-	-	45,786		572	-		291	98,597
1971	39,376	-	-	53,295			-		174	92,845
1966	47,610	14,801	-	72,384			598		10,661	146,054
1961	40,096	24,015	-	39,534			-		5,263	108,908
1956	48,667	21,060	-	19,650			1,695		7,552	98,624
1951	61,931	26,972	5,224						3,761	97,888
BLP = Barbados Labour Party; BNP = Barbados National Party (Progressive Conservative Party prior to 1961 election); CON = Congress Party; DLP = Democratic Labour Party; NDP = National Democratic Party; IND = Independent; Other parties include: PPA = People's Political Alliance; PPM = Peoples' Progressive Movement; WPB = Workers Party of Barbados

PERCENTAGE VOTES						view trends graph
YEAR	BLP	BNP	CON	DLP	NDP	PPA	PPM	WPB	IND
2003	56.3%	-	-	43.6%	-	-	-	-	0.1%
1999	64.9%	-	-	35.1%	-	-	-	-	0.1%
1994	48.3%	-	-	38.3%	12.8%	-	-	-	0.6%
1991	43.0%	-	-	49.8%	6.8%	-	-	-	0.4%
1986	40.4%	-	-	59.5%		-	-	0.0%	0.2%
1981	52.2%	-	-	47.1%		-	-		0.7%
1976	52.7%	-	-	46.4%		0.6%	-		0.3%
1971	42.4%	-	-	57.4%			-		0.2%
1966	32.6%	10.1%	-	49.6%			0.4%		7.3%
1961	36.8%	22.1%	-	36.3%			-		4.8%
1956	49.3%	21.4%	-	19.9%			1.7%		7.7%
1951	63.3%	27.6%	5.3%						3.8%
BLP = Barbados Labour Party; BNP = Barbados National Party (Progressive Conservative Party prior to 1961 election); CON = Congress Party; DLP = Democratic Labour Party; NDP = National Democratic Party; IND = Independent; Other parties include: PPA = People's Political Alliance; PPM = Peoples' Progressive Movement; WPB = Workers Party of Barbados

VOTER TURNOUT				view trends graph
YEAR	REGISTERED VOTERS			PERSONS WHO VOTED			TURNOUT
	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
2003	104,304	115,789	220,093	59,732	74,580	134,312	61.0%
1999	96,421	107,886	204,307	57,769	71,681	129,450	63.4%
1994	97,253	109,389	206,642	57,648	68,174	125,822	60.9%
1991	89,354	101,646	191,000	55,160	66,536	121,696	63.7%
1986	81,805	94,934	176,739	61,930	73,632	135,562	76.7%
1981	76,854	90,175	167,029	53,861	65,705	119,566	71.6%
1976	-	-	134,241	46,003	53,460	99,463	74.1%
1971	-	-	115,189	-	-	94,019	81.6%
1966	-	-	99,988	37,087	42,604	79,691	79.7%
1961	43,342	61,176	104,518	28,859	35,231	64,090	61.3%
1956	42,985	60,304	103,289	28,845	33,429	62,274	60.3%
1951	40,723	55,217	95,940	30,292	31,736	62,028	64.7%

sources:
Reports on Barbados General Elections, 1999, 1994, 1986, 1976, 1966, 1961, 1956
General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean, Patrick A. M. Emmanuel Table 11, p.37