Country: | Dominica |
Type: | parliamentary |
Election Date: | 12 June 1995 |
Previous Election: | 1990 Dominican general election |
Previous Year: | 1990 |
Next Election: | 2000 Dominican general election |
Next Year: | 2000 |
Seats For Election: | All 21 seats in the House of Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 11 |
Turnout: | 65.18% |
Image1: | Edison James visits EU (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Edison James |
Party1: | United Workers' Party (Dominica) |
Last Election1: | 26.85%, 6 seats |
Seats1: | 11 |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Popular Vote1: | 12,777 |
Percentage1: | 34.36% |
Swing1: | 7.51pp |
Leader2: | Brian Alleyne[1] |
Party2: | Dominica Freedom Party |
Last Election2: | 49.43%, 11 seats |
Seats2: | 5 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 13,317 |
Percentage2: | 35.81% |
Swing2: | 13.62pp |
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Leader3: | Rosie Douglas |
Party3: | Dominica Labour Party |
Last Election3: | 23.50%, 4 seats |
Seats3: | 5 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 11,064 |
Percentage3: | 29.75% |
Swing3: | 6.25pp |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Eugenia Charles |
Before Party: | Dominica Freedom Party |
After Election: | Edison James |
After Party: | United Workers' Party (Dominica) |
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.