FINAL ELECTION RESULTS: No clear winner! Coalition likely
The counting of ballots for this year’s general elections concluded around 10:30pm on Monday, April 24, 2023, and in the end, no one party had a clear majority.
To win the government, a party has to get at least seven of the total 13 seats up for grabs. Each of territory’s four main political organisations earned at least one seat. The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) claimed six, the National Democratic Party (NDP) claimed three, the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) also won three, and Progressives United (PU) claimed one. As is customary, the tallying of the ballots happened inside the Multipurpose Sports Complex in Road Town.
Below is a breakdown of the results:
The Karl Dawson has won his race to cement the First Electoral District as a VIP stronghold. Here are the D1 results:
Karl Dawson (VIP): 452
Chad George: 260
Sylvia Romney-Moses: 153
Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull of the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement has maintained his stronghold in the Second Electoral District and has cemented his place in the House of Assembly for another consecutive term. The D2 results are as follows:
Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull (PVIM): 560
Troy Christopher: 303
Marieta Headley: 116
Incumbent Julian Fraser has proven himself immoveable, winning the Third Electoral District for a seventh term.
Julian Fraser (PU): 459
Aaron Parillon: 347
Kevin Smith: 186
In the Fourth Electoral District (D4), the VIP’s Luce Hodge-Smith has won the race to become a legislator for the first time. She edges out Sandy Harrigan-Underhill of the NDP. The D4 results are as follows:
Luce Hodge-Smith (VIP): 322 votes
Sandy Harrigan-Underhill: 285 votes
Ian Smith: 145 votes
Rosita Scatliffe-Thompson: 12 votes
In the Fifth Electoral District, incumbent Kye Rymer decimated his lone competitor Marvin Blyden to reclaim his seat in the House of Assembly. The D5 results are as follows:
Kye Rymer (VIP) 840 votes
Marvin Blyden – 342 votes
Over in the Sixth District, Myron Walwyn has unseated incumbent Alvera Maduro-Caines to return as a legislator in the House of Assembly. The D6 results are as follows:
Myron Walwyn (NDP): 736 votes
Alvera Maduro-Caines: 419 votes
District Seven incumbent and yesterday’s Premier, Dr Natalio Wheatley escaped on top with a relatively marginal lead to officially stamp himself as a second-term legislator. The D7 results are as follows:
Natalio Wheatley (VIP): 487 votes
Perline Scatliffe-Leonard: 367 votes
NDP Chairman Marlon Penn has again stamped his dominance in Eighth Electoral District and defeated the VIP’s Allen Wheatley to hold on to his seat for a fourth consecutive term. The D8 results are as follows:
Marlon Penn (NDP): 885
Allen Wheatley: 319
Vincent Wheatley has been re-elected as the Ninth Electoral District Representative. He clobbered his one-time party-mate Shereen Flax-Charles and two others.
Vincent Wheatley (VIP): 491
Coy Levons: 415
Shereen Flax: 239
Vernon Vanterpool: 31
Meanwhile, the closely-contested Territorial At-Large race saw three political organisations earning one of four available spots. The top four are highlighted below:
PVIM – Stacy ‘Buddha’ Mather 3,617
NDP – Lorna Smith 3,578
VIP – Sharie de Castro 3,471
PVIM – Ronnie Skelton 3,332
VIP – Neville Smith 2,978
NDP – Kedrick Pickering 2,860
PVIM – Shaina Smith-Archer 2,781
VIP – Zoe Walcott 2,697
PVIM – Ingrid Moses-Scatliffe 2,675
VIP – Carvin Malone 2,430
NDP – Renard Estridge 1,630
IND Daniel Fligelston-Davies 1,490
NDP Allen O’Neal 1,396
IND Lesmore Smith 851
IND Karen Vanterpool 244
IND Mitsy Ellis-Simpson 164
IND Ishmael Brathwaite 95
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Looks like we invoted the UK to take over.
I am so relief and happy…Hope Frazer with his stubborn bully ways dont mess it up and take a back bencher seat..
Ronnie – Premier. Finance, Social Development..
Marlon Deputy – Port and works.
Lorna – Health and Labour
Mitch .. Agriculture, natural resources environment
Myron – Education, Tourism and Culture..
Mitch –
Mather, Junior minister of Youth affairs and Sports.
Frazer – Senior states man, advisor. Keep things in order
Your nemesis Andrew Fahie is gone, go back home to the VIP.
I guess the older yeppies and yeppies parents played a major role in this. Congratulations anywho.
I thought oj would have had a lot more votes. I’m just wondering what Myron did to win???
I’m eager to see who will be over Immigration dept
no way I going with v.i.p
There is no chance that any of these women are going to be Premier!
How Ronnie reach Premier already. Strupesss
Mitch cross and join vip. And ask for Deputy premier.
The premier of our territory NEEDS to come from the at large candidates. NOT ONE of the district reps got more than 900 votes….. it doesn’t make ANY sense that our next premier would have been voted in by less that 900 people… NO SENSE. Pick one of the at large.
@ronni our best premier you got it wrong Marlon back to deputy and mitch natural resources and labor to continue what they started.
With VIP securing 6 and NDP and PVIM securing 3 apiece, should NDP and PVIM return to coalition/ power-sharing talks, the PU’s decision is what will break the deadlock between 6 and 6…
yeah that might look good on paper you must be crazy
VIP won 6 seats and only need 1 or 2 too form the government. PVIM is the opposition right now with stacy at the helm according to votes.
truly stacy surprise me and a lot majority
This is a really bad set of results for the BVI. More of the same mess.
With Shereen’s vote
It is best Lorna joins the VIP as she indicated it is about country and will work with her colleagues.
Go Stacy we need new blood, congrats on your achievement.
If Wheatley becomes premier, note that we have a premier with only 400 votes. That can’t be democracy.
Not evening singing “hakuna matata” could have saved your campaign.
The new Premier will be Will be in charge of finance and Immigration..That most likely will be Ronnie..
VIP bullied you and called you a one-man party. Now guess who need one man to form a government. We are counting on a coalition between NDP PVIM and PU. The VIP does not need ANY ACCESS TO OUR MONEY OR MINISTRIES. And the fate of this country CANNOT BE LEFT TO THEIR MAJORITY VOTE IN THE HOUSE. Country over self! Country over self!
The evil forces split the party. That was the only way for the evil party to win the last time. When the facts of the Senegal man came to light, you guys were meant to see that the split had everything to do with spiritual warfare. Your wrestle is not against flesh or blood but our God is greater. He is allowing another chance for restoration. The country is depending on the non-VIP parties to put differences aside and form a strong coalition. Fully investigate the wrongdoings of the most corrupt VIP government in the history of the bvi.
If we voted for you and you sre not VIP we voted you in for a resson.
Please do not destroy our trust in you snd cross over to VIP because they offer you a good ministry.
Our vote for you is very special do not take away our trust for personal gain.
Question is now, which one takes the forty pieces of silver and makes it seven?
To the voters in the 7th look how ayo try to throw the reigning premier under the bus for a newcomer. What happened to Dr. Pickering how come he wasn’t up there like Ronnie??
What if just what if VIP decided to make Frazer premier? ?
It wouldn’t be fair to her nor VIP. Dr. Smith was NDP all the time it would be unfair for her to betray him and what he worked for.
Mitch and Mather can be the king maker too. VIP never had a good candidate in district 2 it’s time to get Mitch to jump.
Both Lorna and Julian have offered to join the VIP if they can be Premier!
Thse guys clearly shhit themselves in tge foot by not cooperating BF efire the ekections. They clearly would have won VG and Road Town if not all the at large and would have form the government quite comfortably this morning. Too many egos and clan mentality. G
A blessing
Fraser cross over to the VIP and be one deputy Premier. Do it Fraser!
And you call that Country above self?
You call that”anything for Power”
my suggestion for the next election is not individual choices but the party example at the districts let the people vote for whatever party they want to run their district and for the entire island let them vote again for whichever party they want to rule not for individuals. many countries doing this.
I approve this message. He’s the best out of all the lot who can lead this country forward with strength and integrity.
Would have been good if this story had included the total number of registered voters in each district as well as the total number voting so we could see what percentage of the totals the winners are.
Voters, you all been warn by Allen O’Neal,of the NDP and by the VIP that collation don’t work, they don’t last.
So it look like VI dont want any party in charge – Fraser only got 459 votes and those people at large got more than him – heard he wants to PM.
Not a great turnout of voters
And you put the ball in the governor court.
This whole thing has the BVI LOOKIN LIKE A HOT MESS. THE WORLD ONLY SEEING POWER HUNGER PEOPLE. SICKENING. SHAME ON ALL THOSES MINISTER FIGHTING FOR POWER. Shameful
Immagine the BVI ALWAYS ON THE MAP CAUSE THESES GREEDY MINISTERS WANTS POWER. GOD SAKES YOU GUYS ALREADY GOT ELECTED. DAMM IT.
Ronnie for Premier
Anyone notice that three of the districts carried more total votes for opponents than for the winner? That is, winning with less than 50% of the vote…
2nd – Fraser had 74 fewer votes than his 2 opponents totalled.
4th – Hodge-Smith collected 120 fewer votes than her three opponents totalled together.
9th – Wheatley had 194 fewer total votes than his collective opposition mustered together.
Not exactly a “strong” showing for the VIP.
What the results don’t tell us is voter turn out. The total votes for district representatives come out to 8,152. It was recently reported there were a total 0f 16,000 voters in the Territory. Thus, it looks like that voter turn out was just shy of 51%. In other words, it appears that about half the voters either did not care or did not like their choices.
What a chocie for PM – the best is Natalio Wheatley.
I endorse this message! I hope he remembers well. They undermined him for leadership of the party too. All now he would have been premier.
He will do more than that. He is power hungry. He allegedly bought the election in the 2nd district.
you clearly lost when it comes to politics
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Don’t for Myron and Vanterpool put she their in first place. And that was her mistake going against how place her.
you don’t know one thing about BVI.
Did not Marlon study Finance?
Marlon studied finance, I believe. He could be Premier and Min of Finance