24 seats in the House of Assembly 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
79.70% ( 18.38pp)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Errol Barrow
Grantley Herbert Adams
Ernest Mottley
Party
DLP
BLP
BNP
Last election
36.30%, 14 seats
36.82%, 5 seats
22.05%, 4 seats
Seats won
14
8
2
Seat change
3
2
Popular vote
72,384
47,610
14,801
Percentage
49.56%
32.60%
10.13%
Swing
13.26pp
4.22pp
11.92pp
Results by constituency
Premier before election
Errol Barrow
DLP
Elected Premier
Errol Barrow
DLP
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Dame Sandra Mason
Prime Minister (list)
Mia Mottley
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Ministries
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Speaker: Arthur Holder
Senate
President: Reginald Farley
Leader
Opposition
Leader: Bishop Joseph J. S. Atherley
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Supreme Court
Chief Justice: Marston Gibson
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General: 2018
2022
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Presidential: 2021
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business
Minister: Kerrie Symmonds
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General elections were held in Barbados on 3 November 1966.[1] This election was the last contested using two-member constituencies, in which each voter had two votes.[2] The result was a victory for the Democratic Labour Party, which won 14 of the 24 seats. This was the last election contested by the Barbados National Party (BNP, also known as the Conservatives). Once a powerful force in Barbados politics, the party nominated only four candidates and was reduced to two seats; the BNP formally disbanded in 1970.[3] Voter turnout was 79.7%.[1]
This was the last election before Barbados gained its formal independence from Britain on 30 November 1966. On 18 November, in anticipation of independence, the title of the Premier was changed to Prime Minister.[4]
^ abDieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^Nohlen, p92
^"Barbados Electors Association (BEA)". Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^"Barbados General Election Results - 3 November 1966". Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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