1990 British Virgin Islands general election

1990 British Virgin Islands general election
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All seats in the British Virgin Islands Legislative Council
5 seats needed for a majority
Turnout70.69%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hamilton Lavity Stoutt Omar Hodge
Party VIP IPM
Leader's seat 1st District 6th District
Last election 45.7%, 6 seats –
Seats won 6 1
Seat change Steady New
Popular vote 2,409 723
Percentage 46.6% 14.0%
Swing Increase 0.9pp New
Chief Minister before election

Lavity Stoutt
Virgin Islands Party

Elected Chief Minister

Lavity Stoutt
Virgin Islands Party

General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 12 November 1990.[1] The result was a decisive victory for the incumbent Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by Chief Minister Hamilton Lavity Stoutt. Three other parties contested the election: the BVI United Party (UP) led by Conrad Maduro (which fielded six candidates), the newly formed Progressive People's Democratic Party (PPDP) led by former Chief Minister Willard Wheatley (which fielded five candidates), and the newly formed Independent People's Movement (IPM) which fielded only two candidates. The only candidate from a party other than the VIP to be elected was Omar Hodge of the IPM in the Sixth District (Omar Hodge was a former member of the VIP and would later rejoin that party). Independent candidates won in the Fourth and Fifth Districts, and the VIP won every other available seat.

The supervisor of elections was Eugenie Todman-Smith.[1] The turnout was 69.4%. In the individual seats, turnout was highest in the 9th District (91.1%), a record for district turnout in the British Virgin Islands. The turnout was so high that the losing candidate in the 9th District (Allen O'Neal) actually secured more votes than the victorious candidate in every other district except for Lavity Stoutt in the 1st.

Results

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The VIP led by Lavity Stoutt won an outright majority of 6 of the 9 available seats.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Virgin Islands Party2,40946.546+1
Independent People's Movement72313.971New
Progressive People's Democratic Party4568.810New
United Party4168.040–2
Independents1,17222.6420
Speaker and Attorney General20
Total5,176100.00110
Valid votes5,17698.44
Invalid/blank votes821.56
Total votes5,258100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,44770.61
Source: [2]

By constituency

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1st District
CandidatePartyVotes%
Hamilton Lavity StouttVirgin Islands Party52088.74
RasuhuruIndependent569.56
Iran HyndmanIndependent101.71
Total586100.00
Valid votes58696.70
Invalid/blank votes203.30
Total votes606100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,10954.64
2nd District
CandidatePartyVotes%
Prince StouttVirgin Islands Party19955.74
Conrad MaduroBVI United Party7721.57
Carl DawsonIndependent5715.97
Malcia A. Rymer-HodgeProgressive People's Democratic Party185.04
Elroy HenleyIndependent61.68
Total357100.00
Valid votes35799.44
Invalid/blank votes20.56
Total votes359100.00
Registered voters/turnout53367.35
3rd District
CandidatePartyVotes%
Oliver CillsVirgin Islands Party34363.75
Ishmael E. BrathwaiteProgressive People's Democratic Party13725.46
Earl P. FraserIndependent397.25
Edmund MaduroBVI United Party193.53
Total538100.00
Valid votes53899.63
Invalid/blank votes20.37
Total votes540100.00
Registered voters/turnout83664.59
4th District
CandidatePartyVotes%
Walwyn BrewleyIndependent23537.30
Elihu RhymerVirgin Islands Party12419.68
Inez V. TurnbullIndependent10817.14
Merritt HerbertBVI United Party6910.95
Basil BlakeProgressive People's Democratic Party284.44
Noel LloydIndependent284.44
Ishmael ScatliffeIndependent284.44
Donald de CastroIndependent101.59
Total630100.00
Valid votes63098.44
Invalid/blank votes101.56
Total votes640100.00
Registered voters/turnout89771.35
5th District
CandidatePartyVotes%
Cyril RomneyIndependent30147.40
Eileene L. ParsonsVirgin Islands Party25440.00
Patsy LakeIndependent345.35
Harold VanterpoolBVI United Party243.78
Ulric ScatliffeIndependent223.46
Total635100.00
Valid votes63597.99
Invalid/blank votes132.01
Total votes648100.00
Registered voters/turnout91071.21
6th District
CandidatePartyVotes%
Omar HodgeIndependent People's Movement30648.04
Roy E. PickeringBVI United Party17026.69
Charles MercerIndependent14122.14
Stanford ConnorIndependent203.14
Total637100.00
Valid votes63798.45
Invalid/blank votes101.55
Total votes647100.00
Registered voters/turnout92969.64
7th District
CandidatePartyVotes%
Terrance B. LettsomeVirgin Islands Party21050.85
Betteto FrettProgressive People's Democratic Party13432.45
Collingston GeorgeBVI United Party5713.80
Medita WheatleyIndependent122.91
Total413100.00
Valid votes41398.57
Invalid/blank votes61.43
Total votes419100.00
Registered voters/turnout55076.18
8th District
CandidatePartyVotes%
Louis WaltersVirgin Islands Party31460.62
Willard WheatleyProgressive People's Democratic Party13926.83
Alred FrettIndependent6512.55
Total518100.00
Valid votes51898.67
Invalid/blank votes71.33
Total votes525100.00
Registered voters/turnout72472.51
9th District
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ralph T. O'NealVirgin Islands Party44551.62
Allen O'NealIndependent People's Movement41748.38
Total862100.00
Valid votes86298.63
Invalid/blank votes121.37
Total votes874100.00
Registered voters/turnout95991.14

References

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  1. ^ a b "BVI election and information results 1950–2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014.
  2. ^ "BVI election and information results 1950–2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. pp. 103–107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014.
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