Elections in Barbados

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Elections in Barbados gives information on election and election results in Barbados. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.

Barbados has a bicameral Parliament consisting of a 30-seat House of Assembly and a 21-member Senate. The assemblymen are elected for five-year terms from single-seat constituencies; senators are appointed for five-year terms. The politics are two-party, dominated by the center-left Barbados Labour Party and the social-democratic Democratic Labour Party.

1 Latest results
2 Past elections
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Latest results

Main article: Barbadian general election, 2003

e•d Summary of the 21 May 2003 Barbados House of Assembly election results
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Barbados Labour Party	69,294	55.80	23
Democratic Labour Party	54,746	44.09	7
Independents	137	0.11	-
Total valid votes	124,177	100.00	30
Invalid votes	286
Total votes cast (turnout: 56.7%)	124,463
Registered voters	218,811
Source: Voice of Barbados