of any candidate, the Election Court (comprising three Judges) is responsible for trying the election petition - when hearing an election petition it has the same powers, jurisdiction and authority as the High Court. Referendums There has been no precedent established for mandatory referendums in Barbados. In previous years the Owen Arthur government mooted the idea of having a referendum on whether to transforming the country into a republic. To date no precedents have been set to indicate any referendums results would become binding upon the government. List of general elections and largest party thereafter Pre-independence Post-independence Commonwealth realm Republic List of by-elections and the winning party thereafter Pre-independence Post-independence Commonwealth realm See also Electoral calendar Electoral system List of parliamentary constituencies of Barbados References Further reading Adam Carr's Election Archive Vote Barbados - Barbados elections, KnowledgeWalk online Barbados: Law on Election Broadcasting (1990) Election Profile - Barbados, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) External links