1990 British Virgin Islands general election explained

Country:British Virgin Islands
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1986 British Virgin Islands general election
Previous Year:1986
Next Election:1995 British Virgin Islands general election
Next Year:1995
Seats For Election:All seats in the British Virgin Islands Legislative Council
Majority Seats:5
Turnout:70.69%
Image1:3x4.svg
Leader1:Hamilton Lavity Stoutt
Party1:Virgin Islands Party
Leaders Seat1:1st District
Last Election1:45.7%, 6 seats
Seats1:6
Popular Vote1:2,409
Percentage1:46.6%
Swing1: 0.9pp
Leader2:Omar Hodge
Party2:IPM
Leaders Seat2:6th District
Last Election2:
Seats2:1
Seat Change2:New
Popular Vote2:723
Percentage2:14.0%
Swing2:New
Chief Minister
Before Election:Lavity Stoutt
Before Party:Virgin Islands Party
After Election:Lavity Stoutt
After Party: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

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

By constituency

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BVI election and information results 1950–2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407063531/http://216.197.123.192/Portals/0/Forms/Election%20Information%20and%20Results%201950-2011.pdf . 7 April 2014 . BVI Deputy Governor's Office . 7 . dmy-all.