1994 Barbadian general election

Early general elections were held in Barbados on 6 September 1994.[1] The result was a victory for the opposition Barbados Labour Party, which won 19 of the 28 seats, with its leader Owen Arthur becoming Prime Minister. The ruling Democratic Labour Party led by David Thompson was reduced to only eight seats. The National Democratic Party became the first third party to win a seat since the Barbados National Party in 1966, with NDP leader, Richard Haynes, winning St. Michael South Central.[2] Voter turnout was 60.9%.[1]

1994 Barbadian general election
6 September 1994
28 seats in the House of Assembly
15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.89% (2.83%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Owen Arthur David Thompson Richard Haynes
Party BLP DLP NDP
Leader's seat St. Peter St. John St. Michael South Central
Last election 10 seats 18 seats 0 seats
Seats won 19 8 1
Seat change 9 10 1
Popular vote 60,504 47,979 15,980
Percentage 48.34% 38.33% 12.77%
Swing 5.31% 11.44% 5.94%
Prime Minister before election

Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
Democratic Labour Party

 Elected Prime Minister

Owen Arthur
Barbados Labour Party

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Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Barbados Labour Party60,50448.3419+9
Democratic Labour Party47,97938.338–10
National Democratic Party15,98012.771+1
Independents7000.5600
Total125,163100.00280
Valid votes125,16399.48
Invalid/blank votes6590.52
Total votes125,822100.00
Registered voters/turnout206,64260.89
Source: Caribbean Elections

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. "Barbados General Election Results - 6 September 1994". Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 25 October 2020.


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