1981 Barbadian general election

none Barbados parliamentary 1976 Barbadian general election 1976 1986 Barbadian general election 1986 71.58% (2.51pp) 27 seats in the House of Assembly 14 18 June 1981 Errol_Barrow_1976.jpg Errol Barrow Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) St. John 7 seats 10 3 55,845 47.13% 0.69pp Tom Adams 1976.jpg Tom Adams Barbados Labour Party St. Thomas 17 seats 17 61,883 52.22% 0.47pp Prime Minister Tom Adams Barbados Labour Party Tom Adams Barbados Labour Party 1981 Barbadian general election.svg Results by constituency General elections were held in Barbados on 18 June 1981.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 978-0-19-928357-6 The result was a victory for the ruling Barbados Labour Party, which won 17 of the 27 seats. Voter turnout was 71.6%. 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.Barbados General Election Results - 18 June 1981 http://www.caribbeanelections.com/bb/elections/bb_results_1981.asp Caribbean Elections 27 October 2020 7 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201007165046/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/bb/elections/bb_results_1981.asp dead Results File:House of Assembly of Barbados, 1981.svg Barbados Labour Party 61883 17 0 Democratic Labour Party 55845 10 +3 Independents 773 0 0 +3 1065 167029 Nohlen References Barbados Category:1981 in Barbados Category:Elections in Barbados Category:June 1981 in North America