2011 St John by-election

A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St. John on 20 January 2011 after the death of the sixth prime minister of Barbados David Thompson. He was a Democratic Labour Party member and the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados.^[1]

2011 St John by-election

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Turnout	61.2%
Candidate Mara Thompson Hudson Griffith Party DLP BLP Popular vote 4,613 553 Percentage 89.30% 10.70%
MP before election David Thompson DLP Elected MP Mara Thompson DLP

Previous election

2008 general election: Saint John

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	David Thompson	Democratic Labour Party	4,300	83.84
	Tyronne Power	Barbados Labour Party	829	16.16
Total			5,129	100.00
Valid votes			5,129	99.59
Invalid/blank votes			21	0.41
Total votes			5,150	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			8,100	63.58
Source: Electoral and Boundaries Commission[2]

Results

Mara Thompson won the election in a landslide victory. Turnout was 61.2%.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mara Thompson	Democratic Labour Party	4,613	89.30
	Hudson Griffith	Barbados Labour Party	553	10.70
Total			5,166	100.00
Valid votes			5,166	99.69
Invalid/blank votes			16	0.31
Total votes			5,182	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			8,464	61.22
	DLP hold
Source: Caribbean Elections,[3] Electoral and Boundaries Commission[4]

See also

• 2008 Barbadian general election
• List of parliamentary constituencies of Barbados
• List of heads of state and government who died in office