Barbadian general election, 1981

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A general election was held in Barbados on 18 June 1981. The Barbadian people elected 27 members to the House of Assembly for a term of five years.

The ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) won the largest share (17) of seats in the election.

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Summary of the 18 June 1981 Barbados House of Assembly election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Barbados Labour Party	61,883	52.22	17
Democratic Labour Party	55,845	47.13	10
Independents	773	0.65	-
Total valid votes	118,501	100.00	27
Invalid votes	1,065
Total votes cast (turnout: 71.6%)	119,566
Registered voters	167,029

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