Because of the NDP's high dependence upon At-large seats, a relatively small shift in voter sentiment turned a defeat into a massacre. After winning all four At-large seats in the previous election, in 2007 the NDP could barely cling onto one with Orlando Smith eclipsing Zoë Walcott-McMillan by just 18 votes out of a total of ballots cast. Dr Smith's election was the only thing that went right for the NDP on election day, with seemingly every other close race falling into the laps of the VIP, in each case snatching close victories in the Fourth, Fifth and Eighth Districts.
A variety of circumstances combined to convert the VIP's 45.2% of the electoral votes into 84.6% (11 out of 13) of the available seats once Alvin Christopher (who won as an independent) formally decided to rejoin his former party.
District seats
The results of the voting for the district seats was as follows:
Winning candidates are highlighted in blue. Previously incumbent candidates are marked in bold.[3]
More information Candidate, No of votes ...
Candidate |
No of votes |
Percentage |
Andrew A. Fahie (VIP) |
611 |
74.1% |
Archibald Christian (NDP) |
205 |
24.8% |
Rejected ballots |
9 |
1.1% |
Close
Total number of registered voters: 1,277
Total number of votes cast: 825 (64.6% turnout)
- Second Electoral District
More information Candidate, No of votes ...
Candidate |
No of votes |
Percentage |
J. Alvin Christopher (IND) |
484 |
75.9% |
Gerald Chinnery (NDP) | 139 | 21.8% |
Rejected ballots | 15 | 2.3% |
Close
Total number of registered voters: 1,143
Total number of votes cast: 638 (55.9% turnout)
More information Candidate, No of votes ...
Candidate |
No of votes |
Percentage |
Julian Fraser (VIP) |
590 |
69.7% |
Alwon E. Smith (NDP) | 245 | 28.9% |
Rejected ballots | 12 | 1.4% |
Close
Total number of registered voters: 1,235
Total number of votes cast: 847 (68.6% turnout)
- Fourth Electoral District
More information Candidate, No of votes ...
Candidate |
No of votes |
Percentage |
Vincent Gregory Scatliffe (VIP) |
400 |
50.1% |
Audley Maduro (NDP) | 373 | 46.7% |
R. Courtney de Castro (IND) | 15 | 1.9% |
Rejected ballots | 10 | 1.3% |
Close
Total number of registered voters: 1,226
Total number of votes cast: 798 (65.1% turnout)
More information Candidate, No of votes ...
Candidate |
No of votes |
Percentage |
Elvis Jerome Harrigan (VIP) |
422 |
46.5% |
Delores Christopher (NDP) |
394 |
43.4% |
Lesmore Smith (IND) | 56 | 6.2% |
Nona Vanterpool (IND) | 31 | 3.4% |
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.6% |
Close
Total number of registered voters: 1,403
Total number of votes cast: 908 (64.7% turnout)
More information Candidate, No of votes ...
Close
Total number of registered voters: 1,363
Total number of votes cast: 873 (64.0% turnout)
- Seventh Electoral District
More information Candidate, No of votes ...
Candidate |
No of votes |
Percentage |
Kedrick Pickering (NDP) |
351 |
52.8% |
Ronnie Lettsome (VIP) | 298 | 44.8% |
Rejected ballots | 16 | 2.4% |
Close
Total number of registered voters: 1,025
Total number of votes cast: 665 (64.9% turnout)
- Eighth Electoral District
More information Candidate, No of votes ...
Candidate |
No of votes |
Percentage |
Dancia Penn-Sallah (VIP) |
453 |
52.4% |
Lloyd Keithley Black (NDP) |
389 |
45.0% |
Douglas Dixon Wheatley (IND) | 8 | 0.9% |
Rejected ballots | 14 | 1.6% |
Close
Total number of registered voters: 1,125
Total number of votes cast: 864 (76.8% turnout)
More information Candidate, No of votes ...
Candidate |
No of votes |
Percentage |
Ralph T. O'Neal (VIP) |
476 |
47.0% |
Hubert Robinson O'Neal (NDP) | 467 | 46.0% |
Devon Osborne (IND) | 46 | 5.0% |
Rejected ballots | 22 | 2.0% |
Close
Total number of registered voters: 1,378
Total number of votes cast: 1,011 (73.4% turnout)
The ninth electoral district was the only district to undergo a recount.
(IND) = Independent candidate
(IPM) = Independent People's Movement
(NDP) = National Democratic Party candidate
(VIP) = Virgin Islands Party candidate
The closest races were in the fourth district (where only 27 votes separated the candidates), the fifth district (23 votes separated the leading candidates, and 87 votes went to independent candidates) and the ninth where a mere 9 votes separated the candidates (46 votes having gone to the independent candidate) and a recount was conducted.
Alvin Christopher received the highest percentage of votes for a territorial candidate (75.9%), whilst Andrew Fahie received the highest number of total votes. Hubert O'Neal had the unhappy distinction of having the highest number of votes (467 votes, higher than 5 successful candidates) and the highest percentage of the vote (46.9%) for a losing territorial candidate. Elvis "Jughead" Harrigan had the lowest number of votes (309) and percentage of vote (44.7%) for any successful territorial candidate.[4]