1999 Barbadian general election

General elections were held in Barbados on 20 January 1999.^[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Barbados Labour Party led by Owen Arthur, which won 26 of the 28 seats.^[2] The opposition Democratic Labour Party led by David Thompson, only won two seats. Voter turnout was 63.4%.^[1]

1999 Barbadian general election

← 1994 20 January 1999 2003 →
28 seats in the House of Assembly 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.36% (2.47pp)
First party Second party   Leader Owen Arthur David Thompson Party BLP DLP Leader's seat St. Peter St. John Last election 19 seats 8 seats Seats won 26 2 Seat change 7 6 Popular vote 83,445 45,118 Percentage 64.87% 35.08% Swing 16.53pp 3.25pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Owen Arthur Barbados Labour Party Elected Prime Minister Owen Arthur Barbados Labour Party

At the time, this was the largest margin of victory since universal suffrage was introduced in 1951.^[1] This record would be broken in 2018, when the BLP won all 30 seats in the House of Assembly.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barbados Labour Party	83,445	64.87	26	+7
	Democratic Labour Party	45,118	35.08	2	–6
	Independents	67	0.05	0	0
Total		128,630	100.00	28	0
Valid votes		128,630	99.37
Invalid/blank votes		820	0.63
Total votes		129,450	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		204,307	63.36
Source: Nohlen