1976 Barbadian by-elections

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1976 Barbadian by-elections

1976 St. Philip North constituency by-election
26 February 1976
 
Candidate David Simmons Warwick Franklin
Party BLP DLP
Popular vote 1,835 1,662
Percentage 49.51% 44.84%

MP before election

Neville Maxwell
DLP

Elected MP

David Simmons
BLP

1976 City of Bridgetown constituency by-election
12 May 1976
 
Candidate Billie Miller Lisle Carmichael
Party BLP DLP
Popular vote 1,872 1,318
Percentage 56.88% 40.05%

MP before election

Elliot Mottley
BLP

Elected MP

Billie Miller
BLP

By-elections were held in the Barbadian constituencies of St. Philip North and the city of Bridgetown on 26 February 1976 and 12 May 1976 respectively. Both elections were triggered based on the resignations of House of Assembly representatives Elliot Mottley (representing of the City of Bridgetown) and Neville Maxwell (representing St. Philip North). It was the first by-election held under the new single-member first-past-the-post system.[1][2]

General election 1971: St. Philip North
CandidatePartyVotes%
Neville MaxwellDemocratic Labour Party2,83180.56
David SimmonsBarbados Labour Party68319.44
Total3,514100.00
Valid votes3,51498.24
Invalid/blank votes631.76
Total votes3,577100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,16485.90
Source: Caribbean Elections[3][4]
General election 1971: City of Bridgetown
CandidatePartyVotes%
Elliot MottleyBarbados Labour Party1,97752.69
Lisle CarmichaelDemocratic Labour Party1,77547.31
Total3,752100.00
Valid votes3,75298.84
Invalid/blank votes441.16
Total votes3,796100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,18873.17
Source: Caribbean Elections[5]

Result

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