1995 Dominican general election

1995 Dominican general election

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21 of the 30 seats in the House of Assembly 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.18%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Edison James Brian Alleyne [1] Rosie Douglas Party UWP DFP DLP Last election 26.85%, 6 seats 49.43%, 11 seats 23.50%, 4 seats Seats won 11 5 5 Seat change 5 6 1 Popular vote 12,777 13,317 11,064 Percentage 34.36% 35.81% 29.75% Swing 7.51pp 13.62pp 6.25pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Eugenia Charles DFP Elected Prime Minister Edison James UWP

General elections were held in Dominica on 12 June 1995. ^[2] Although the Dominica Freedom Party received the most votes, the United Workers' Party won 11 of the 21 seats. Voter turnout was 65.2%, the lowest since universal suffrage was introduced in 1951.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Dominica Freedom Party	13,317	35.81	5	–6
	United Workers' Party	12,777	34.36	11	+5
	Dominica Labour Party	11,064	29.75	5	+1
	Independents	29	0.08	0	New
Total		37,187	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		37,187	99.00
Invalid/blank votes		376	1.00
Total votes		37,563	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		57,632	65.18
Source: Nohlen

References

1. "DOMINCA: parliamentary elections House of Assembly, 1995". Inter-Parliamentary Union.
2. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p230 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6