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Barbados Elections: Democratic Labor Party of Freundel Stuart, re-elected
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, re-elected
Voters in Barbados voters kept with tradition and provided the incumbent Democratic Labor Party of Prime Minister Freundel Stuart with a second consecutive term in the general elections held on Thursday.
According to the preliminary results, the Democratic Labor Party (DLP) won 16 of the 30 seats in the elections with the remainder going to the main opposition Barbados Labor Party (BLP) of Owen Arthur. In the 2008 general election, the DLP won 20 seats.
The results are in mark contrast to the opinion polls that had predicted that the BLP, would have won as many as 20 seats, while the DLP would have gained 13 seats at most.
“The people have spoken …we accept the will of the people,” Arthur said, adding “we were up against a number of factors.”
Both Prime Minister Stuart and Arthur comfortably won their seats, but there was defeat for Labor Minister Esther Byer-Sukoo, who lost to newcomer Dwight Sutherland.
Prime Minister Stuart 61, has not yet addressed supporters following the results, but he had earlier indicated that he was confident that the DLP would be returned to office.
He insisted that the DLP had conducted a “very efficient campaign” and that it is sure the public had been fully acquainted with the policies of the party going into the election.
