1971 Barbadian general election

none Barbados parliamentary 1966 Barbadian general election 1966 1976 Barbadian general election 1976 81.62% (1.92pp) 24 seats in the House of Assembly 13 9 September 1971 Errol_Barrow_1976.jpg Errol Barrow Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) St. John 14 seats 18 4 53,295 57.40% 7.84pp Harold_St._John.png Bernard St. John Barbados Labour Party Christ Church South Central (Defeated) 8 seats 6 2 39,376 42.41% 9.81pp Prime Minister Errol Barrow Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) Errol Barrow Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) 1971 Barbadian general election.svg Results by constituency General elections were held in Barbados on 9 September 1971.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 978-0-19-928357-6 Amendments to the electoral system saw the two-member constituencies previously used replaced by single-member first-past-the-post constituencies.Nohlen, p92 This was also the first election in modern Barbadian history to be contested by only two political parties, not including two independent candidates.Barbados General Election Results - 9 September 1971 http://www.caribbeanelections.com/bb/elections/bb_results_1971.asp Caribbean Elections 27 October 2020 5 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220105204639/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/bb/elections/bb_results_1971.asp dead The result was a victory for the Democratic Labour Party, which won 18 of the 24 seats. Despite achieving a larger increase in vote share than its opponent, the Barbados Labour Party lost two seats and its leader, Harold Bernard St. John, was defeated in his constituency of Christ Church South Central.Caribbean Elections Voter turnout was 81.6%, the highest in the country's history. Results File:House of Assembly of Barbados, 1971.svg Democratic Labour Party 53295 18 +4 Barbados Labour Party 39376 6 –2 Independents 174 0 0 0 1174 115189 Nohlen Further reading 11 November 2012 St. Michael holds key to poll victory http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/st-michael-holds-key-to-poll-victory/ dead Hoyte Harold Nation Newspaper 11 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140414103737/http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/st-michael-holds-key-to-poll-victory/ 14 April 2014 1 January 2013 References Barbados General Category:Elections in Barbados Barbados