Politics of The British Virgin Islands - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

For other political parties see List of political parties in the British Virgin Islands. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in the British Virgin Islands.
e • d Summary of the 7 November 2011 Legislative assembly election results
Parties Votes* %age Seats
National Democratic Party 22,858 52.5% 9
Virgin Islands Party 16,998 39.0% 4
People's Patriotic Alliance 2,204 5.1% 0
Independents 1,491 3.4% 0
Speaker and Attorney General 2
Total (turnout 68.8% (est.)) 43,551 100.0% 15
* Each voter has 5 votes; 1 district vote and 4 territorial "at-large" votes
Source: BVI Platinum News

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