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St. Michael South Central
2018 CANDIDATES
 BLP
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Marsha
CADDLE
Barbados Labour
Party
 DLP
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Richard L.
SEALY*
Democratic Labour
Party
 SB
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Alan
SPRINGER
Solutions
Barbados
 UPP
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David T.
GILL
United Progressive
Party
 
CONSTITUENCY SNAPSHOT  
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Martindale's road, St. Michael, Barbados
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BACKGROUND
The constituency of St. Michael South Central was created and first contested in 1971.
Year of creation 1971
Polling Divisions 11
Registered Electors (2013) 6,975
Voter Turnout (2013) 60.53%
   
Incumbent Richard SEALY (DLP)
2013 RESULTS
Candidate Party Votes %
  SEALY, R. winner DLP 2,231 53.14%
   
  GILL, D. BLP 1,967 46.86%
   
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES  
Year   Winner Party % Votes Notes
1971   Frederick G. SMITH Democratic Labour Party 59.93% First time seat contested
1976   Frederick G. SMITH Democratic Labour Party 49.68% DLP hold
1981   Richard C. HAYNES Democratic Labour Party 55.72% DLP hold
1986   Richard C. HAYNES Democratic Labour Party 66.80% DLP hold
1991   David W. BOWEN Democratic Labour Party 40.57% DLP hold
1994   Richard C. HAYNES National Democratic Party 39.63% NDP gain
1999   David T. GILL Barbados Labour Party 63.81% BLP gain
2003   Richard L. SEALY Democratic Labour Party 52.15% DLP gain
2008   Richard L. SEALY Democratic Labour Party 54.29% DLP hold
2013   Richard L. SEALY Democratic Labour Party 53.14% DLP hold
VOTING TRENDS  
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CONSTITUENCY TIMELINE  
Thursday
21 Feb 2013
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
RICHARD L. SEALY winner DLP 2,231 53.14%
David T. Gill BLP 1,967 46.86%
Tuesday
15 Jan 2008
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
RICHARD L. SEALY winner DLP 2,308 54.29%
David T. Gill BLP 1,943 45.71%
Wednesday
21 May 2003
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
RICHARD L. SEALY winner DLP 2,108 52.15%
David T. Gill BLP 1,934 47.85%
Wednesday
20 Jan 1999
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
DAVID T. GILL winner BLP 2,511 63.81%
Richard L. Sealy DLP 1,393 35.40%
Carl S.A. Haddock IND 31 0.79%
Tuesday
6 Sep 1994
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
RICHARD C. HAYNES winner NDP 1,757 39.63%
David W. Bowen DLP 1,344 30.31%
David T. Gill BLP 1,333 30.06%
Tuesday
22 Jan 1991
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
DAVID W. BOWEN winner DLP 1,733 40.57%
Philip C. Goddard BLP  1,430 33.47%
Richard C. Haynes NDP 1,109 25.96%
Friday
28 Mar 1986
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
RICHARD C. HAYNES winner DLP 3,064 66.80%
Philip C. Goddard DLP 1,523 33.20%
Thursday
18 Jun 1981
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
RICHARD C. HAYNES winner DLP 2,317 55.72%
J. Clarke BLP 1,841 44.28%
Thursday
2 Sep 1976
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
FREDERICK.G. SMITH winner DLP 1,615 49.68%
C. Hinds BLP 1,595 49.06%
G. Clarke IND 41 1.26%
Thursday
9 Sep 1971
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
FREDERICK.G. SMITH winner DLP 1,983 59.93%
R. Mapp BLP 1,326 40.07%
POLLING STATIONS (2018)  
Polling Division Areas
RA1 Mt Olive Holy Church of America
RA2 Mt Olive Holy Church of America
RA3 Pax Hill Girl Guides Headquarters, Belmont Road
RB1 St. Cyprian's Church
RB2 St. Cyprian's Church Annex
RC1 St. Michael's School
RD1 Erdiston College I A Workshop
RE1 St. Paul's Primary School
RE2 Sealy Memorial AME Church, Collymore Rock
RF1 Luther Thorne Memorial Primary School
RF2 Luther Thorne Memorial Primary School
CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES
From the junction of Highway 6 (Collymore Rock-Bridgetown Road) with Martindales Road, along the middle of Martindales Road to its junction with Halls Road at the Mencea Cox Roundabout; thence along the middle of Halls Road to its junction with Tweedside Road and Hindsbury Road at the James A. Tudor Roundabout; thence along the middle of Hindsbury Road to its junction with Bank Hall Cross Road and Bridge Road; thence along the middle of Bridge Road to its junction with Welches Road; thence along the middle of Welches Road to its junction with Pine Hill Road; thence along the middle of Pine Hill Road to its junction with Pine Plantation Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Pine Plantation Road to its junction with Highway 6; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Highway 6 to its junction with Clapham Park Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Clapham Park Road to its junction with Clapham Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Clapham to its junction with Observatory Road; thence in a southerly and then south westerly direction along the middle of Observatory Road to its junction with Fordes Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Fordes Road to its junction with Brittons New Road and Flagstaff Road; thence in a north westerly direction along the middle of Flagstaff to its junction with the entrance to the Storm Signal Station Compound; thence in a westerly direction along the entrance to the Storm Signal Station Compound to its junction with a pathway leading to the junction of Reece Road and Warners Gap; thence in a westerly direction along this pathway to the junction of Reece Road and Warners Gap; thence along the middle of Warners Gap to its junction with Beales Gap; thence along the middle of Beales Gap to Villa Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Villa Road to its junction with Laynes Gap; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Laynes Gap to its junction with Brittons Cross Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of Brittons Cross Road to its junction with Highway 6; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Highway 6 to its junction with Martindales Road (the starting point).
Key
  Bajan Free Party   NDP = National Democratic Party   United Progressive Party
  Barbados Integrity Movement   People's Democratic Congress   WPB = Workers Party of Barbados
  Barbados Labour Party   PEP = People's Empowerment Party   Independent Candidate
  Democratic Labour Party   PPA = People's Political Alliance   *incumbent
  Kingdom Government of Barbados   Solutions Barbados   ** Political Leader
Sources
Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission
Bajan Free Party (2018). Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/Bajan-Free-Party-BFP-HonAlex-MitchellEl-1767331239973521/
Barbados Integrity Movement (2018). Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/barbdaosintegritymovement/?ref=py_c
Barbados Labour Party. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.blp.org.bb/
Coalition of United Party. (2018) Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/alexmitchell.el/
Democratic Labour Party. (2018). Retrieved from http://dlpbarbados.org/site/
Solutions Barbados. (2018). Retrieved from https://solutionsbarbados.com/
United Progressive Party. (2018). Retrieved from https://uppbarbados.org/
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