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General elections were held inBarbados on 22 January 1991 to elect all 28 members (MPs) of theHouse of Assembly of Barbados.[1] The result was a victory for the rulingDemocratic Labour Party (DLP), which won 18 of the 28 seats.[2] The oppositionBarbados Labour Party led byHenry Forde won ten seats, an increase of seven compared to the1986 elections. Voter turnout was 63.7%.[1] DLP leaderLloyd Erskine Sandiford remained Prime Minister.
This was the first general election contested by theNational Democratic Party (NDP), which had been founded in 1989 by four defecting DLP MPs, led by the former finance minister Richard Haynes.[3] Despite polling nearly 7% of the national vote, all four lost their seats and no new NDP members were elected under Barbados'first-past-the-post electoral system.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Democratic Labour Party | 59,900 | 49.77 | 18 | –6 | |
| Barbados Labour Party | 51,789 | 43.03 | 10 | +7 | |
| National Democratic Party | 8,218 | 6.83 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 445 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 120,352 | 100.00 | 28 | +1 | |
| Valid votes | 120,352 | 98.90 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,344 | 1.10 | |||
| Total votes | 121,696 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 191,000 | 63.72 | |||
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
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