1970 St. Joseph by-election

Last updated
1970 St. Joseph by-election
Flag of Barbados.svg
  1966 3 December 1970 1971  
Turnout69.3%
  3x4.svg 3x4.svg
Candidate Charles Lindsey Bolden Lloyd Smith
Party BLP DLP
Popular vote1,9501,218
Percentage61.55%38.45%

MP before election

Grantley Adams
BLP

Elected MP

Charles Lindsey Bolden
BLP

A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St Joseph on 3 December 1970 after the resignation of Barbados Labour Party member Grantley Adams who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados. [1]

Contents

Previous election

1966 general election: St Joseph
CandidatePartyVotes%
Llyod Smith Barbados Labour Party 2,23337.27
Grantley Adams Barbados Labour Party 2,02733.83
Wilfred Coward Democratic Labour Party 1,02917.18
R.B. Noel Democratic Labour Party 70211.72
Total5,991100.00
Valid votes5,991100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes5,991100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,553168.62
Source: Caribbean Elections [2]

Result

Charles Lindsey Bolden won the election. Turnout was 69.3%.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Charles Lindsey Bolden Barbados Labour Party 1,95061.55
Lloyd Smith Democratic Labour Party 1,21838.45
Total3,168100.00
Valid votes3,16898.57
Invalid/blank votes461.43
Total votes3,214100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,64069.27
BLP hold
Source: Caribbean Elections [3]

See also

References

  1. "1970 By-Election in the Constituency of St. Joseph" (PDF). Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission. October 2021. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  2. "Barbados General Election Results - 3 November 1966". 2021-05-18. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  3. "Barbados By- Election Results - St. Lucy 1954". 2021-05-18. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 2024-11-11.