1976 Barbadian general election

none Barbados parliamentary 1971 Barbadian general election 1971 1981 Barbadian general election 1981 74.09% (7.53pp) 24 seats in the House of Assembly 13 2 September 1976 Errol_Barrow_1976.jpg Errol Barrow Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) St. John 18 seats 7 11 45,786 46.44% 10.96pp Tom Adams 1976.jpg Tom Adams Barbados Labour Party St. Thomas 6 seats 17 11 51,948 52.69% 10.28pp Prime Minister Errol Barrow Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) Tom Adams Barbados Labour Party 1976 Barbadian general election.svg Results by constituency General elections were held in Barbados on 2 September 1976.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 Barbados Labour Party, which won 17 of the 24 seats, defeating the ruling Democratic Labour Party and returning to power for the first time since 1961. This was the first and only election contested by the newly formed People's Political Alliance, whose eight candidates won only 572 votes.Barbados General Election Results - 2 September 1976 http://www.caribbeanelections.com/bb/elections/bb_results_1976.asp Caribbean Elections 27 October 2020 28 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200828022228/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/bb/elections/bb_results_1976.asp dead Voter turnout was 74.1%. Results File:Assemblee barbade 1976.svg Barbados Labour Party 51948 17 +11 Democratic Labour Party 45786 7 –11 People's Political Alliance 572 0 New #9BBB59 Independents 291 0 0 0 866 134241 Nohlen, Election Report References Barbados General election Category:Elections in Barbados Barbadian general election