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Elections in the British Virgin Islands are conducted to elect members to the House of Assembly (formerly named the Legislative Council). In the British Virgin Islands elections are not conducted in relation to appointments to either the Executive or Judicial branches of Government, and there are no other publicly elected posts in the British Virgin Islands.
The incumbent Virgin Islands Party (VIP) was led by Fahie in the previous general election, but following his arrest on charges of drug smuggling offences, [11] [12] leadership of the party passed to Wheatley. The party was the only political party to contest every single seat.
Since the restoration of democracy in the British Virgin Islands in 1950, only a comparatively small number of persons have been elected to political office. Although elections are held approximately every three or four years, the small size of the legislative body [1] and the tendency to return incumbent politicians [2] has resulted in a relatively small aggregate number.
The British Virgin Islands has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, creating difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. In none of the previous four elections has a candidate who was not standing for any party other than one of the two main parties won a ...
The House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands, until 2007 known as the Legislative Council, [1] has 15 members: 13 directly elected for four-year terms (nine in single-seat constituencies and four "at large"), and two ex officio members (the Attorney General and a Speaker chosen from outside the house).
General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 25 February 2019. [1] For the first time, four parties with at least one incumbent member were contesting an election. The result was a decisive victory for the Virgin Islands Party, which won eight of the 13 elected seats.
House of Assembly building in Road Town. The High Court sits upstairs. The British Virgin Islands elects on territorial level a legislature.The House of Assembly (formerly Legislative Council) has 15 members, 13 members elected for a four-year term, 9 of them in single-seat constituencies and 4 at large, one ex officio member and one speaker chosen from outside the council.
2019 British Virgin Islands general election; 2023 British Virgin Islands general election This page was last edited on 12 July 2012, at 10:59 (UTC). Text is ...