1970 St. Joseph by-election

A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St Joseph on 3 December 1970 after the resignation of Barbados Labour Party member Grantley Adams who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados.^[1]

1970 St. Joseph by-election

← 1966 3 December 1970 1971 →
Turnout	69.3%
Candidate Charles Lindsey Bolden Lloyd Smith Party BLP DLP Popular vote 1,950 1,218 Percentage 61.55% 38.45%
MP before election Grantley Adams BLP Elected MP Charles Lindsey Bolden BLP

Previous election

1966 general election: St Joseph

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Llyod Smith	Barbados Labour Party	2,233	37.27
	Grantley Adams	Barbados Labour Party	2,027	33.83
	Wilfred Coward	Democratic Labour Party	1,029	17.18
	R.B. Noel	Democratic Labour Party	702	11.72
Total			5,991	100.00
Valid votes			5,991	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			5,991	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,553	168.62
Source: Caribbean Elections[2]

Result

Charles Lindsey Bolden won the election. Turnout was 69.3%.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Charles Lindsey Bolden	Barbados Labour Party	1,950	61.55
	Lloyd Smith	Democratic Labour Party	1,218	38.45
Total			3,168	100.00
Valid votes			3,168	98.57
Invalid/blank votes			46	1.43
Total votes			3,214	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,640	69.27
	BLP hold
Source: Caribbean Elections[3]

See also

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