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Turnout | 69.3% | |||||||||||||||
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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]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Llyod Smith | Barbados Labour Party | 2,233 | 37.27 | |
Grantley Adams | Barbados Labour Party | 2,027 | 33.83 | |
Wilfred Coward | Democratic Labour Party | 1,029 | 17.18 | |
R.B. Noel | Democratic Labour Party | 702 | 11.72 | |
Total | 5,991 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 5,991 | 100.00 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Total votes | 5,991 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,553 | 168.62 | ||
Source: Caribbean Elections [2] |
Charles Lindsey Bolden won the election. Turnout was 69.3%.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Charles Lindsey Bolden | Barbados Labour Party | 1,950 | 61.55 | |
Lloyd Smith | Democratic Labour Party | 1,218 | 38.45 | |
Total | 3,168 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 3,168 | 98.57 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 46 | 1.43 | ||
Total votes | 3,214 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,640 | 69.27 | ||
BLP hold | ||||
Source: Caribbean Elections [3] |