24 seats in the House of Assembly 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
74.09% (7.53pp)
First party
Second party
Leader
Tom Adams
Errol Barrow
Party
BLP
DLP
Last election
6 seats
18 seats
Seats won
17
7
Seat change
11
11
Popular vote
51,948
45,786
Percentage
52.69%
46.44%
Swing
10.28pp
10.96pp
Results by constituency
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Errol Barrow
DLP
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Tom Adams
BLP
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Dame Sandra Mason
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General elections were held in Barbados on 2 September 1976.[1] 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.[2] Voter turnout was 74.1%.[1]
^ abDieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^"Barbados General Election Results - 2 September 1976". Caribbean Elections. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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