This was the 12th national election held since independence from the United Kingdom in 1966, the 16th since the institution of universal suffrage in 1950, and the first since Barbados became a republic in 2021.

[13] On 18 January, Philip Catlyn, a member of the Barbados Sovereignty Party (BSP), filed for an injunction against the President and the Attorney General to stop the election.

He argued that the home isolation requirements for those testing positive for COVID-19 would prevent close to 5,000 people from voting.

[18] Source for votes:[18] Prime Minister Mottley and attorney-general Dale Marshall were both sworn in for a second term by president Sandra Mason on 20 January 2022.

[32] APP leader Joseph Atherley announced that the alliance would begin preparing for the next election.

[35] Prime Minister Mottley received congratulations from foreign countries and organisations such as Caricom and the OECS.