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Elections in Dominica gives information on Election and election results in Dominica . Dominica elects on national level a Legislature . The House Of Assembly has 32 members, 21 members elected for a five year term in single-seat Constituencies , 9 appointed senators, the Speaker and 1 ex-officio member. a Head Of State - the President - is elected by the House of Assembly. Dominica has a Two-party System , which means that there are two dominant Political Parties , with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. Dominica was once a three-party system, but in the past few years the Dominica Labour Party and the greatly diminished Dominica Freedom Party have built a coalition. LAST ELECTIONS May 5 2005 The Dominica Labour Party (DLP) wins 12 seats, the United Workers' Party (UWP) wins 8 seats, and an independent wins 1 seat. The Dominica Labour Party continues to form a government with little change. This is the first election since 1975 that the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) has not won a single seat. The Labour Party, of which it had been a coalition partner, gives the Dominica Freedom Party at least one seat in the Senate. 59.05% of registered voters participated in the election. PAST ELECTIONS January 31 2000 Labour Party wins 10 seats, governing United Workers' Party wins 9 seats, losing several seats and its power over the government, and the Dominica Freedom Party wins 2 seats, forming its coalition with Labour, which forms a government. 1995 Workers Party defeats Freedom Party, which had ruled for the previous 15 years, with Labour also a strong opposition. Previous elections to be added. SEE ALSO REFERENCES
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