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    2003 British Virgin Islands general election

    General elections were held in the British


    Virgin Islands on 16 June 2003. It was won by 2003 British Virgin Islands general
    the opposition National Democratic Party election
    (NDP), which took 54.4% of the vote and 8 of
    the 13 available seats on the Legislative Council.
    After the election the NDP formed a
    Government for the first time in its history. Both 16 June 2003
    major parties - the NDP and the Virgin Islands
    Party (VIP) actually increased their share of the 13 of the 15 seats in the House of Assembly
    overall vote at the expense of minority parties 7 seats needed for a majority
    and independents. No independents or any
    Turnout 72%
    minority parties won any seats. The NDP won
    all four of the territorial-at-large seats.

    Contents
    Results
    Individual territorial seats
    At-large seats
    Leader Orlando Smith Ralph T. O'Neal
    References
    Party NDP VIP
    Leader since 1999 1995
    Results Leader's seat At-large 9th District
    Last election 38.14%, 5 seats 36.74%, 7 seats
    The NDP's victory was largely as a result of
    sweeping all four of the At-large seats. Seats won 8 5
    However, with each voter being able to cast four Seat change 3 2
    votes per ballot, the margin between the bottom Percentage 52.39% 42.22%
    NDP candidate (Paul Wattley) and the top VIP
    candidate (Reeial George) was a mere 41 votes,
    out of a total of 7,351 ballots cast (a margin of Chief Minister before Elected Chief Minister
    0.5%). The other key win for the NDP was in election
    the Fifth District where Delores Christopher Orlando Smith
    carried the seat for the NDP by a wafer thin Ralph T. O'Neal NDP
    margin of just 3 votes in a constituency where a VIP
    total of 20 ballots were rejected by elections
    officers.

    Voters exercised a largely binary choice between the two main parties. No third party candidate or independent
    polled well in any area. In the Territorial seats, Alred Frett in the Fifth District was the highest vote-getter, with
    a mere 7.1% of the votes. In the At-large seats, the top eight spots went to the four candidates for each of the
    two main parties, with a massive drop off in numbers of votes for the ninth place candidate (Conrad Maduro, a
    former elected representative on the United Party ticket, but running in 2003 as an independent).
    District At-large Total
    Party +/–
    Votes % Seats Votes % Seats seats

    National Democratic Party 3,390 46.77 4 15,295 52.39 4 8 +3


    Virgin Islands Party 3,772 52.03 5 12,325 42.22 0 5 –2
    United Party 590 2.02 0 0 0
    Independents 87 1.20 0 984 3.37 0 0 0
    Speaker and Attorney General 2 0
    Total 7,249 100.00 9 29,194 100.00 4 15 0

    Valid votes 7,249 98.75 7,336 99.80


    Invalid/blank votes 92 1.25 15 0.20
    Total votes 7,341 100.00 7,351 100.00
    Registered voters/turnout 10,184 72.08 10,180 72.21
    Source: Elections in the Virgin Islands (https://web.archive.org/web/20140407063531/http://216.197.123.192/Portals/
    0/Forms/Election%20Information%20and%20Results%201950-2011.pdf)

    Individual territorial seats

    The winning candidate is highlighted in blue. The previous incumbent is indicated in bold.

    First Electoral District

    Candidate Carrot Bay Zion Hill Total Percentage


    Andrew FAHIE (VIP) 237 321 558 70.9%
    Archibald CHRISTIAN (NDP) 51 172 223 28.3%
    REJECTED 1 5 6 0.8%

    Total number of registered voters: 1,154


    Total number of votes cast: 787
    Percentage of voters who voted: 68.2%

    Second Electoral District

    Cane
    Jost Van Brewers
    Candidate Meyers Garden Total Percentage
    Dyke Bay
    Bay
    Alvin CHRISTOPHER (NDP) 146 85 91 185 507 68.3%
    Kelvin THOMAS (VIP) 114 13 18 85 230 31.0%
    REJECTED 2 0 0 3 5 0.7%

    Total number of registered voters: 1,105


    Total number of votes cast: 742
    Percentage of voters who voted: 67.0%

    Third Electoral District


    Sea Cows
    Candidates Total Percentage
    Bay
    Julian FRASER (VIP) 473 473 58.8%
    Michael THOMAS (NDP) 325 325 40.4%
    REJECTED 7 7 0.9%

    Total number of registered voters: 1,058


    Total number of votes cast: 805
    Percentage of voters who voted: 76.1%

    Fourth Electoral District

    Candidates Road Town Salt Island Total Percentage


    Mark VANTERPOOL (VIP) 509 2 511 59.0%
    Audley MADURO (NDP) 336 1 337 39%
    REJECTED 12 0 12 2%

    Total number of registered voters: 1,172


    Total number of votes cast: 860
    Percentage of voters who voted: 73.4%

    Fifth Electoral District

    Long Huntum's
    Candidates Total Percentage
    Trench Ghut
    Delores CHRISTOPHER (NDP) 112 250 362 45.3%
    Ethlyn SMITH (VIP) 75 284 359 45.0%
    Alred Frett (IND) 14 43 57 7.1%
    REJECTED 5 15 20 2.5%

    Total number of registered voters: 1,222


    Total number of votes cast: 798
    Percentage of voters who voted: 65.3%

    Sixth Electoral District

    Baughers
    Candidates Belle Vue Total Percentage
    Bay
    Omar HODGE (VIP) 73 416 489 55%
    Walwyn BREWLEY (NDP) 70 286 356 40%
    Leopold RICHARDSON (IND) 4 26 30 3%
    REJECTED 2 12 14 2%

    Total number of registered voters: 1,289


    Total number of votes cast: 889
    Percentage of voters who voted: 69%

    Seventh Electoral District


    Candidates Long Look Total Percentage
    Kedrick PICKERING (NDP) 452 452 62.8%
    Clinton George (VIP) 263 263 36.5%
    REJECTED 5 5 0.7%

    Total number of registered voters: 941


    Total number of votes cast: 720
    Percentage of voters who voted: 76.5%

    Eighth Electoral District

    Candidates Hope Estate East End Total Percentage


    Lloyd BLACK (NDP) 13 445 458 58.2%
    Ray George (VIP) 24 296 320 40.7%
    REJECTED 0 9 9 1.1%

    Total number of registered voters: 1,010


    Total number of votes cast: 787
    Percentage of voters who voted: 77.9%

    Ninth Electoral District

    North
    Candidates The Valley Anegada Total Percentage
    Sound
    Ralph T. O'NEAL (VIP) 390 173 33 596 60.8%
    Hubert O'NEAL 260 60 50 370 37.8%
    REJECTED 9 5 0 14 1.4%

    Total number of registered voters: 1,233


    Total number of votes cast: 980
    Percentage of voters who voted: 79.5%

    At-large seats

    Territorial At-Large Electoral District


    Position Name Affiliation Total Percentage
    1 SMITH, D. Orlando NDP 4,300 14.72%
    2 SKELTON, Ronnie W. NDP 4,165 14.26%
    3 PARSONS, Eileene Lucia NDP 3,515 12.03%
    4 WATTLEY, Paul P. NDP 3,315 11.35%
    5 GEORGE, Reeial VIP 3,274 11.21%
    6 PENN-O'NEAL, Irene VIP 3,157 10.81%
    7 HARRIGAN, Elvis VIP 3,128 10.71%
    8 PICKERING, Roy VIP 2,766 9.47%
    9 MADURO, Conrad IND 590 2.02%
    10 CLINE, John I. IND 450 1.54%
    11 KETTLE, Henry Einstein IND 220 0.75%
    12 DE CASTRO, Richard Courtney IND 172 0.59%
    13 BARONVILLE, Eilieene E. IND 142 0.49%

    Total ballots cast: 7,351


    Total rejected ballots: 15
    Total votes rejected: 14
    Total valid votes: 29,194
    Total votes counted: 29,208
    Total registered voters: 10,180
    Percentage turnout: 72.21%

    References
    BVI News online (https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015911/http://www.bvinews.com/defau
    lt.asp?sourceid=&smenu=384&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=&wpage=&skeyword=&sid
    ate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&reb
    ath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1924&hn=bvinews&he=.com)

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