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Government of Barbados

Barbados has a representative Democratic Government. The island is divided into thirty constituencies. At a General Election, the representatives from each constituency are voted for by their constituents. The party winning the most seats in the House of Assembly will then become the leading party. If the leader of the winning party also wins his seat, he becomes the Prime Minister, if he loses his seat the party must elect another to take his place as Prime Minister. The Prime Minister then appoints his Government ministers.

As of the last elections, held in January 2008, the Government of Barbados is run by the Democratic Labour Party (winning 20 seats in the election). The Barbados Labour Party won 10 seats.