British Virgin Islands general election, 1990

British Virgin Islands general election, 1990
British Virgin Islands
12 November 1990 (1990-11-12)
All seats in the British Virgin Islands Legislative Council
5 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 69.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader H.L. Stoutt Conrad Maduro Willard Wheatley
Party Virgin Islands Party BVI United Party Progressive People's Democratic Party
Leader since 1971 1971 1990
Leader's seat 1st District 2nd District 8th District
Last election 6 seats, 45.7% 2 seats, 24.3% N/A
Seats before 6 1 0
Seats won 6 0 0
Seat change 0 -1 0
Popular vote 2,409 416 456
Percentage 46.6% 8.1% 8.8%
Swing +0.9% -16.2% N/A
  Fourth party
 
Leader Omar Hodge
Party Independent People's Movement
Leader since 1990
Leader's seat 6th District
Last election N/A
Seats before 0
Seats won 1
Seat change +1
Popular vote 723
Percentage 14.0%
Swing N/A
Chief Minister before election

Lavity Stoutt
Virgin Islands Party

 Elected Chief Minister

Lavity Stoutt
Virgin Islands Party

The British Virgin Islands general election, 1990 was 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 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.[2] 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 that the victorious candidate in every other district except for Lavity Stoutt in the 1st.

Results

The VIP led by Lavity Stoutt won an outright majority of 6 of the 9 available seats.[3]

 Summary of the 12 November 1990 Br. Virgin Islands Legislative Council election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Independent People's Movement 723 14.0% 1
Progressive People's Democratic Party 456 8.8% 0
BVI United Party 416 8.1% 0
Virgin Islands Party 2,409 46.6% 6
Independents 1,162 22.5% 2
Speaker and Attorney General 2
Total (turnout 69.4%)   11
Source: BVI election and information results 1950–2011

Individual seats results

First Electoral District

Candidate Polling Divisions Total Percentage
Jost Van Dyke Carrot Bay Zion Hill
H. Lavity STOUTT (VIP) 68 226 226 520 85.8%
Rasuhuru (IND) 2 8 46 56 9.2%
Iran HYNDMAN (IND) 1 0 9 10 1.7%
Rejected 5 9 6 20 3.3%
Total number of registered voters: 1,109
Total number of votes cast: 606
Percentage of voters who voted: 55%

Second Electoral District

Candidate Polling Divisions Total Percentage
Cane Garden Bay Brewers Bay New Bush
Prince STOUTT (VIP) 116 58 25 199 55.4%
Conrad MADURO (UP) 58 7 12 77 21.4%
Carl DAWSON (IND) 8 38 11 57 15.9%
Malcia RYMER-HODGE (PPDP) 8 38 11 57 15.9%
Elroy HENLEY (IND) 6 0 0 6 1.7%
Rejected 1 1 0 2 0.6%
Total number of registered voters: 533
Total number of votes cast: 359
Percentage of voters who voted: 67.4%

Third Electoral District

Candidate Polling Divisions Total Percentage
Meyers Sea Cows Bay
Oliver CILLS (VIP) 59 284 343 63.5%
Ishmael BRATHWAITE (PPDP) 37 100 137 25.4%
Earl FRASER (IND) 6 33 39 7.2%
Edmund MADURO (UP) 7 12 19 3.5%
Rejected 1 1 2 0.4%
Total number of registered voters: 836
Total number of votes cast: 540
Percentage of voters who voted: 64.6%

Fourth Electoral District

Candidate Polling Divisions Total Percentage
Salt Island Road Town
E. Walwyn BREWLEY (IND) 0 235 235 36.7%
Elihu RYMER (VIP) 0 124 124 19.4%
Inez TURNBULL (IND) 0 108 108 16.9%
Merrit HERBERT (UP) 1 68 69 10.8%
Basil BLAKE (PPDP) 0 28 28 4.4%
Noel LLOYD (IND) 0 28 28 4.4%
Ishmael SCATLIFFE (IND) 0 28 28 4.4%
Donald deCASTRO (IND) 0 10 10 1.6%
Rejected 0 10 10 1.6%
Total number of registered voters: 897
Total number of votes cast: 640
Percentage of voters who voted: 71.3%
Spoiled ballots: 3

Fifth Electoral District

Candidate Polling Divisions Total Percentage
Huntums Ghut Long Trench
Cyril ROMNEY (IND) 226 75 301 46.5%
Eileene PARSONS (VIP) 158 96 254 39.2%
Patsy LAKE (IND) 28 6 34 5.2%
Harold VANTERPOOL (UP) 10 14 24 3.7%
Ulric SCATLIFFE (IND) 21 1 22 3.4%
Rejected 10 3 13 2.0%
Total number of registered voters: 910
Total number of votes cast: 648
Percentage of voters who voted: 71%
Spoiled ballots: 3

Sixth Electoral District

Candidate Polling Divisions Total Percentage
Baughers BayBelle Vue
Omar HODGE (IPM) 266 40 306 47.3%
Roy PICKERING (UP) 161 9 170 26.3%
Charles MERCER (IND) 116 25 141 21.8%
Stanford CONNOR (IND) 19 1 20 3.1%
Rejected 7 3 10 1.5%
Total number of registered voters: 929
Total number of votes cast: 647
Percentage of voters who voted: 69.6%
Spoiled ballots: 2

Seventh Electoral District

Candidate Polling Divisions Total Percentage
Long Look
Terrence LETTSOME (VIP) 210 210 50.1%
Betteto FRETT (PPDP) 134 134 32.0%
Collingston GEORGE (UP) 57 57 13.6%
Medita WHEATLEY (IND) 12 12 2.9%
Rejected 6 6 1.4%
Total number of registered voters: 550
Total number of votes cast: 419
Percentage of voters who voted: 76.2%

Eighth Electoral District

Candidate Polling Divisions Total Percentage
East EndHope Estate
Louis WALTERS (VIP) 304 10 314 59.8%
Willard WHEATLEY (PPDM) 134 5 139 26.5%
Alred FRETT (IND) 59 6 65 12.4%
Rejected 6 1 7 1.3%
Total number of registered voters: 724
Total number of votes cast: 525
Percentage of voters who voted: 72.5%

Ninth Electoral District

Candidate Polling Divisions Total Percentage
The Valley North Sound Anegada
Ralph T. O'NEAL (VIP) 277 143 25 445 50.9%
Allen O'NEAL (IPM) 278 65 74 417 47.7%
Rejected 6 4 2 12 1.4%
Total number of registered voters: 959
Total number of votes cast: 874
Percentage of voters who voted: 91.1%

IPM = Independent People's Movement
PPDP = Progressive People's Democratic Party
UP = BVI United Party
VIP = Virgin Islands Party

Lavity's Stoutt's 85.8% share of the vote in the 1st District remains a record in the British Virgin Islands.

References

  1. ↑ "BVI election and information results 1950–2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. p. 7.
  2. ↑ "BVI election and information results 1950–2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. p. 7.
  3. ↑ "BVI election and information results 1950–2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. pp. 103–107.
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