| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Parliament of Barbados / Parlement de Barbade |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name |
Senate |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
House of Assembly
|
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
1 January 1900
|
| Mode of designation |
appointed 21 |
| Constituencies |
(not applicable) |
| Voting system |
:
Vacancies are filled by appointment made according to how the seat was originally filled. |
| Voter requirements |
(not applicable) |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- age: 21 years
- Barbados citizenship
- residence in the country for at least 12 months immediately preceding appointment
- ineligibility: undischarged bankruptcy, insanity, allegiance to a foreign State, death sentence, imprisonment exceeding 6 months, conviction of felony or of an offence involving dishonesty, electoral fraud |
| Incompatibilities |
- public officers
- members of armed or police forces
- judges
- director of public prosecutions
- Auditor-General |
| Candidacy requirements |
(not applicable) |
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