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
Turnout	70.69%
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 New Popular vote 2,409 723 Percentage 46.6% 14.0% Swing 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

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Virgin Islands Party	2,409	46.54	6	+1
	Independent People's Movement	723	13.97	1	New
	Progressive People's Democratic Party	456	8.81	0	New
	United Party	416	8.04	0	–2
	Independents	1,172	22.64	2	0
Speaker and Attorney General				2	0
Total		5,176	100.00	11	0
Valid votes		5,176	98.44
Invalid/blank votes		82	1.56
Total votes		5,258	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,447	70.61
Source: [2]

By constituency

1st District

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hamilton Lavity Stoutt	Virgin Islands Party	520	88.74
	Rasuhuru	Independent	56	9.56
	Iran Hyndman	Independent	10	1.71
Total			586	100.00
Valid votes			586	96.70
Invalid/blank votes			20	3.30
Total votes			606	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,109	54.64

2nd District

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Prince Stoutt	Virgin Islands Party	199	55.74
	Conrad Maduro	BVI United Party	77	21.57
	Carl Dawson	Independent	57	15.97
	Malcia A. Rymer-Hodge	Progressive People's Democratic Party	18	5.04
	Elroy Henley	Independent	6	1.68
Total			357	100.00
Valid votes			357	99.44
Invalid/blank votes			2	0.56
Total votes			359	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			533	67.35

3rd District

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Oliver Cills	Virgin Islands Party	343	63.75
	Ishmael E. Brathwaite	Progressive People's Democratic Party	137	25.46
	Earl P. Fraser	Independent	39	7.25
	Edmund Maduro	BVI United Party	19	3.53
Total			538	100.00
Valid votes			538	99.63
Invalid/blank votes			2	0.37
Total votes			540	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			836	64.59

4th District

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Walwyn Brewley	Independent	235	37.30
	Elihu Rhymer	Virgin Islands Party	124	19.68
	Inez V. Turnbull	Independent	108	17.14
	Merritt Herbert	BVI United Party	69	10.95
	Basil Blake	Progressive People's Democratic Party	28	4.44
	Noel Lloyd	Independent	28	4.44
	Ishmael Scatliffe	Independent	28	4.44
	Donald de Castro	Independent	10	1.59
Total			630	100.00
Valid votes			630	98.44
Invalid/blank votes			10	1.56
Total votes			640	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			897	71.35

5th District

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Cyril Romney	Independent	301	47.40
	Eileene L. Parsons	Virgin Islands Party	254	40.00
	Patsy Lake	Independent	34	5.35
	Harold Vanterpool	BVI United Party	24	3.78
	Ulric Scatliffe	Independent	22	3.46
Total			635	100.00
Valid votes			635	97.99
Invalid/blank votes			13	2.01
Total votes			648	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			910	71.21

6th District

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Omar Hodge	Independent People's Movement	306	48.04
	Roy E. Pickering	BVI United Party	170	26.69
	Charles Mercer	Independent	141	22.14
	Stanford Connor	Independent	20	3.14
Total			637	100.00
Valid votes			637	98.45
Invalid/blank votes			10	1.55
Total votes			647	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			929	69.64

7th District

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Terrance B. Lettsome	Virgin Islands Party	210	50.85
	Betteto Frett	Progressive People's Democratic Party	134	32.45
	Collingston George	BVI United Party	57	13.80
	Medita Wheatley	Independent	12	2.91
Total			413	100.00
Valid votes			413	98.57
Invalid/blank votes			6	1.43
Total votes			419	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			550	76.18

8th District

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Louis Walters	Virgin Islands Party	314	60.62
	Willard Wheatley	Progressive People's Democratic Party	139	26.83
	Alred Frett	Independent	65	12.55
Total			518	100.00
Valid votes			518	98.67
Invalid/blank votes			7	1.33
Total votes			525	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			724	72.51

9th District

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ralph T. O'Neal	Virgin Islands Party	445	51.62
	Allen O'Neal	Independent People's Movement	417	48.38
Total			862	100.00
Valid votes			862	98.63
Invalid/blank votes			12	1.37
Total votes			874	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			959	91.14

References

1. "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.