The National Democratic Party was a centrist
political party
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in
Barbados
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which had been founded in 1989 by four defecting
Democratic Labour Party ministers of parliament, led by the former finance minister Richard Haynes.
The party first contested national elections in
1991
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, when it won 6.8% of the vote, but failed to win a seat.
[Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p94 ] In the
1994 elections it increased its share of the vote to 12.8% and won a single seat. However, the party did not contest any further elections.
Elections
References
Defunct political parties in Barbados
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