Barbados went to the polls on February 11 and, for the third consecutive time, the BLP secured a 30–0 victory. That, in itself, is historic — but it is not my focus here. What I am examining instead is voter turnout. Soon after the election, I saw a horizontal bar chart circulating on Facebook showing…
Read More Voter Turnout in Barbados: A Review of the Official EBC DataUPDATE 3 Jan 24 2:43 PM: The Table is now complete. St. Thomas results were pulled from The Nation. A reminder, all of the results in The Table and The Chart below originated from The Nation website and Facebook page. UPDATE 2 Jan 24 9:58 AM: The Table below has been updated to include numbers…
Read More Barbados Elections 2022 Results by ConstituencyMAY 25 UPDATE: 30-0 LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR BLP. Voters elect MIA AMOR MOTTLEY as the first woman Prime Minister of Barbados! Despite there being a record number of alternative parties and independent candidates, the Barbados Labour Party captured all 30 parliamentary seats. Over the next several days I will be asking voters and non-voters alike…
Read More Barbados General Election Results 2018255,833 persons will be eligible to vote in Thursday’s general election. This number was disclosed to caribbeansignal.com earlier tonight by an official from the Electoral & Boundaries Commission. There is also a possibility that an addendum will be made and that this number will increase by a very small amount. For comparison: 249,024 persons were eligible…
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