1994 Barbadian general election

1994 Barbadian general election

6 September 1994
28 seats in the House of Assembly 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	60.89% (2.83pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Owen Arthur David Thompson Richard Haynes Party BLP DLP NDP Last election 10 seats 18 seats 0 seats Seats won 19 8 1 Seat change 9 10 1 Popular vote 60,504 47,979 15,980 Percentage 48.34% 38.33% 12.77% Swing 5.31pp 11.44pp 5.94pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Democratic Labour Party Elected Prime Minister Owen Arthur Barbados Labour Party

Early general elections were held in Barbados on 6 September 1994. The result was a victory for the opposition Barbados Labour Party, which won 19 of the 28 seats, with its leader Owen Arthur becoming Prime Minister. The ruling Democratic Labour Party led by David Thompson was reduced to only eight seats. The National Democratic Party became the first third party to win a seat since the Barbados National Party in 1966, with NDP leader, Richard Haynes, winning St. Michael South Central. Voter turnout was 60.9%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barbados Labour Party	60,504	48.34	19	+9
	Democratic Labour Party	47,979	38.33	8	–10
	National Democratic Party	15,980	12.77	1	+1
	Independents	700	0.56	0	0
Total		125,163	100.00	28	0
Valid votes		125,163	99.48
Invalid/blank votes		659	0.52
Total votes		125,822	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		206,642	60.89
Source: Caribbean Elections