1980 Dominican general election

General elections were held in Dominica on 21 July 1980. ^[1] The result was a victory for the Dominica Freedom Party, which won 17 of the 21 seats, whilst the ruling Dominica Labour Party lost all 16 seats after nineteen years in power. Voter turnout was 80.2%.

Results

Results by constituency

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Dominica Freedom Party	15,706	51.34	17	+14
	Dominica Democratic Labour Party	6,034	19.72	2	New
	Dominica Labour Party	5,126	16.75	0	–16
	Dominica Liberation Movement Alliance	2,575	8.42	0	New
	Independents	1,154	3.77	2	0
Total		30,595	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		30,595	99.20
Invalid/blank votes		247	0.80
Total votes		30,842	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		38,452	80.21
Source: Nohlen

List of elected members

Constituency	Party		Elected member
Castle Bruce		DFP	Oliver A. Sanderson
Colihaut		DFP	Alvin Armantrading
Cottage		DFP	Alleyne J. Carbon
Grand Bay		DFP	Judiana Henderson
La Plaine		DFP	Heskeith Alexander
Mahaut		DFP	Brian Alleyne
Marigot		DFP	Pattison A. S. Stevens
Morne Jaune/Riviere Cyrique		IND	Conrad W. Cyrus
Paix Bouche		IND	Jenner Armour
Petite Savanne		DFP	Ralph S. Fadelle
Portsmouth		DDLP	Michael Douglas
Roseau-Central		DFP	Eugenia Charles
Roseau-North		DFP	Henry G. Dyer
Roseau-South		DFP	Ronan A. David
Roseau-Valley		DFP	Henry George
Salisbury		DFP	Dennison John
Salybia		DDLP	Matthew Joseph
St. Joseph		DFP	Kelleb Laurent
Soufrière		DFP	Anthony Moise
Vieille Case		DFP	Alexis E. Williams
Wesley		DFP	Kenneth Williams
Source: Electoral Office

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p230 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6