Dominica

Population Statistics

73,607

Total Population

11,041

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

01 October 2012

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Dominica Constitution (1978, last amended 1984)

Updated: June 2015

Section 33 states:

…Every Commonwealth citizen of the age of eighteen years or upwards who possesses such qualifications relating to residence or domicile in Dominica as Parliament may prescribed shall, unless he is disqualified by Parliament from registration as a voter for the purpose of electing Representative, be entitled to be registered as such a voter in accordance with the provisions of any law in that behalf, and no other person may be registered…

 

Excerpt from the Dominica Constitution (1978, last amended 1984)