1995 Dominican general election

1995 Dominican general election
12 June 1995
21 of the 30 seats in the House of Assembly
11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.18%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Edison James Brian Alleyne[1] Rosie Douglas
Party UWP DFP DLP
Last election 26.85%, 6 seats 49.43%, 11 seats 23.50%, 4 seats
Seats won 11 5 5
Seat change 5 6 1
Popular vote 12,777 13,317 11,064
Percentage 34.36% 35.81% 29.75%
Swing 7.51pp 13.62pp 6.25pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Eugenia Charles
DFP

Elected Prime Minister

Edison James
UWP

Politics of Dominica
Executive
Legislative
Elections
Administrative divisions (parishes)
Foreign relations

General elections were held in Dominica on 12 June 1995.[2] Although the Dominica Freedom Party received the most votes, the United Workers' Party won 11 of the 21 seats. Voter turnout was 65.2%, the lowest since universal suffrage was introduced in 1951.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Dominica Freedom Party13,31735.815–6
United Workers' Party12,77734.3611+5
Dominica Labour Party11,06429.755+1
Independents290.080New
Total37,187100.00210
Valid votes37,18799.00
Invalid/blank votes3761.00
Total votes37,563100.00
Registered voters/turnout57,63265.18
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ "DOMINCA: parliamentary elections House of Assembly, 1995". Inter-Parliamentary Union.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p230 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
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