Barbados House of Assembly

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The House of Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Barbados. It has 30 members, elected for a five-year-term in single-seat constituencies.

[edit] Latest election

e•d Summary of the 21 May 2003 Barbados **House of Assembly** election results
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Barbados Labour Party	69,294	55.80	23
Democratic Labour Party	54,746	44.09	7
Independents	137	0.11	-
Total valid votes	124,177	100.00	30
Invalid votes	286
Total votes cast (turnout: 56.7%)	124,463
Registered voters	218,811
Source: Voice of Barbados

[edit] Previous elections

In previous elections the National Democratic Party (NDP), the Barbados National Party (BNP), the Conservatives and Independents also gained seats besides the two big parties - the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) and the Democratic Labour Party (DLP).