Dominican general election, 2009

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A parliamentary election was held in Dominica on 18 December 2009, to elect the 21 Representatives of the House of Assembly. The incumbent Dominica Labour Party increased its majority to 18 of 21 seats, winning a third term.^[1]

e • d Summary of the 18 December 2009 House of Assembly of Dominica election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Dominica Labour Party	22,235	61.21	18
United Workers' Party	12,660	34.85	3
Dominica Freedom Party	870	2.40	—
Independents	355	0.98	—
People's Democratic Movement	179	0.49	—
Dominica Progressive Party	24	0.07	—
Total (turnout %)	37,913	100.00	21
Source: Electoral Office

Results by constituency

Key

DFP – Dominica Freedom Party DLP – Dominica Labour Party DPP – Dominica Progressive Party

PDM - People's Democratic Movement UWP – United Workers' Party IND – Independent

† denotes constituency previously held by candidate's party †† denotes incumbent candidate and party

All percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Castle Bruce	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1534 ballots counted 39 ballots rejected	Johnson Drigo†	DLP	841	54.8
	Bernard Wiltshire	UWP	686	44.7
	Jacqueline Laurent Theodore	IND	7	0.5
Colihaut	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
846 ballots counted 13 ballots rejected	Ronald Toulon††	DLP	632	74.7
	Herbert (Sabee) Sabaroche	DFP	211	24.9
	Delroy Sebastian	DPP	3	0.4
Cottage	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1331 ballots counted 10 ballots rejected	Reginald Victor Austrie††	DLP	969	85.7
	William Emmanuel Riviere	PDM	162	14.3
Grand Bay	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1497 ballots counted 37 ballots rejected	Justina Charles†	DLP	1350	90.2
	Leanthia Pacquette Lewis	UWP	119	7.9
	Harian Martin Henry	DFP	19	1.3
	Lyndon Peters	DPP	9	0.6
La Plaine	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1446 ballots counted 13 ballots rejected	Petter Saint-Jean	DLP	724	50.1
	Ron Green††	UWP	722	49.9
Mahaut	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
3649 ballots counted 36 ballots rejected	Rayburn John Blackmoore††	DLP	2136	58.5
	Ronald (Ronnie) Isidore	UWP	1457	39.9
	Johnson (Bosso) Boston	DFP	56	15.3
Marigot	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1063 ballots counted 8 ballots rejected	Edison Chenfil James††	UWP	835	78.6
	Dayton Baptiste	DLP	228	21.4
Morne Jaune/Riviere Cyrique	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1071 ballots counted 15 ballots rejected	Ivor Stephenson	DLP	528	48.8
	Abraham Browne††	UWP	523	48.8
	Benjamin Pascal	DFP	20	1.9
Paix Bouche	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1308 ballots counted 82 ballots rejected	Matthew Joseph Walter††	DLP	1157	88.5
	John Bruno	UWP	151	11.5
Petite Savanne	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1511 ballots counted 12 ballots rejected	Kenneth Melchoir Darroux†	DLP	1243	82.3
	Samuel Raphael	IND	268	17.7
Portsmouth	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1434 ballots counted 14 ballots rejected	Ian Douglas††	DLP	1251	87.2
	Murphy Wallace	DFP	91	6.3
	Errol Moir Hill	IND	61	4.3
	Albert Cecil Severin	IND	18	1.3
	Julian Stephen Brewster	PDM	13	0.9
Roseau Central	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1786 ballots counted 54 ballots rejected	Norris "Prevo" Prevost††	UWP	839	47.0
	Alvin "Aloe" Bernard	DLP	836	47.0
	Judith Pestaina	DFP	109	6.1
	Leonard "Pappy" Baptiste	Democratic Progressive Party	2	0.1
Roseau North	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
3291 ballots counted 82 ballots rejected	Julius C. Timothy††	DLP	1655	50.3
	Daniel Andrew Lugay	UWP	1538	46.7
	Henry Babs Dyer	DFP	95	2.9
	Michael Wright	DPP	3	0.1
Roseau South	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
3355 ballots counted 22 ballots rejected	Ambrose George††	DLP	2049	61.1
	Bobby A. C. Frederick	UWP	1130	33.7
	Oliver A. St. John	DFP	176	5.2
Roseau Valley	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1614 ballots counted 14 ballots rejected	John Collin McIntyre	DLP	936	58.0
	Norris Charles††	UWP	658	40.8
	Michael Anthony Astaphan	DFP	20	1.2
Salisbury	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1345 ballots counted 25 ballots rejected	Hector "Spags" John†	UWP	817	60.7
	Julien B. "Tolo" Royer	DLP	512	38.1
	Nettisha Walsh	DFP	16	1.2
Salybia	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1701 ballots counted 18 ballots rejected	Ashton Graneau†	DLP	1013	59.6
	Claudius Sanford	UWP	684	40.2
	Christabelle Auguiste	IND	4	0.2
St. Joseph	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1936 ballots counted 24 ballots rejected	Kelver Dwight Darroux†	DLP	1138	58.8
	Henry John Abraham	UWP	788	40.7
	Marcella Boatswain	DPP	5	0.3
	Roland Mitchel	PDM	5	0.3
Soufrière	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
2044 ballots counted 35 ballots rejected	Sam Edward Martin†	DLP	1214	59.4
	Glen Etienne	UWP	777	38.0
	Felita Paul Thomas	DFP	53	25.9
Vieille Case	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1189 ballots counted 15 ballots rejected	Roosevelt Skerrit††	DLP	1041	87.6
	Maynard (MJ) Joseph	UWP	148	12.4
Wesley	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1543 ballots counted 21 ballots rejected	Gloria Marilyn Shillingford	DLP	809	52.4
	Ezekiel Bazil†	UWP	734	47.6

Source = Electoral Office, Government of Dominica

Notes

1. ^ Opposition UWP challenges election result in Dominica High Court, The Dominican.net, 10 January 2010, http://www.thedominican.net/2010/01/opposition-uwp-challenges-election.html, retrieved 19 April 2010 

References

• Electoral Office (21 December 2009), House of Assembly General Election 2009 - Final Count, Commonwealth of Dominica, http://electoraloffice.gov.dm/wp-content/uploads/election2009_final_count.pdf, retrieved 22 April 2010 .