1969 City of Bridgetown by-election

1969 City of Bridgetown by-election

29 May 1969
Turnout	56.1%
Candidate Elliot Mottley Millar George Batson Party BLP DLP Independent Popular vote 1,698 1,135 57 Percentage 57.48% 27.05% 1.93%   Candidate Glenroy Straughn Carl Haddock Eric Sealy Party Independent Independent Independent Popular vote 33 23 8 Percentage 1.12% 0.78% 0.27%
MP before election Louis Lynch BNP Elected MP Elliot Mottley BLP

A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the city of Bridgetown on 29 May 1969 after the death of Barbados National Party member Louis Lynch who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados. It was the first election held after Barbados gained independence from the British Empire in 1966.

Previous election

1966 general election: City of Bridgetown

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ernest Mottley	Barbados National Party	2,268	31.47
	Louis Lynch	Barbados National Party	1,680	23.31
	R.B. Caddle	Democratic Labour Party	1,546	21.45
	T.N. Miller	Democratic Labour Party	1,296	17.98
	C.T. Trotman	Barbados Labour Party	417	5.79
Total			7,207	100.00
Valid votes			7,207	99.82
Invalid/blank votes			13	0.18
Total votes			7,220	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,788	150.79
Source: Caribbean Elections

Result

Elliot Mottley won the election. Turnout was 56.1%.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Elliot Mottley	Barbados Labour Party	1,698	57.48
	Millar	Democratic Labour Party	1,135	38.42
	George Batson	Independent	57	1.93
	Glenroy Straughn	Independent	33	1.12
	Carl Haddock	Independent	23	0.78
	Eric Sealy	Independent	8	0.27
Total			2,954	100.00
Valid votes			2,954	99.33
Invalid/blank votes			20	0.67
Total votes			2,974	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,297	56.14
	BLP gain from BNP
Source: Caribbean Elections

See also

• 1966 Barbadian general election
• List of parliamentary constituencies of Barbados