List of political parties in the British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands
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The British Virgin Islands has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, creating difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. In none of the previous four elections has a candidate who was not standing for any party other than one of the two main parties managed to win a seat (although one candidate has won running as an independent). Prior to 1999 there were a number of multi-party elections with four or more parties contesting and three or more parties winning seats.

Active parties

There are two main parties active at present in the Territory, and between them they have held all of the seats in the legislature for the past four general elections.

Defunct parties

Several parties have been formed but are no longer current or active.

Unelected parties

A number of political parties have been formed but failed to win any seats. Only one of these parties has ever contested more than a single election (one of the parties named the Concern Citizen Movement contested two general elections; an unrelated party also named the Concern Citizen Movement contested a third).

Electoral history of main parties

History of the political parties who have won at least one seat at a general election.

See also

• List of political parties

Political parties in the British Virgin Islands
Current parties	National Democratic Party People's Empowerment Party Virgin Islands Party
Defunct parties	Independent People's Movement People's Own Party United Party VI Democratic Party
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