1995 Dominican general election
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All 21 seats in the House of Assembly 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 65.18% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Administrative divisions (parishes) |
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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
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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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
[edit]- ^ "DOMINCA: parliamentary elections House of Assembly, 1995". Inter-Parliamentary Union.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p230 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6