Country: | Dominica |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2005 Dominican general election |
Previous Year: | 2005 |
Next Election: | 2014 Dominican general election |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Seats For Election: | All 21 seats in the House of Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 11 |
Election Date: | 18 December 2009 |
Image1: | RooseveltSkerrit.jpg |
Leader1: | Roosevelt Skerrit |
Party1: | Dominica Labour Party |
Last Election1: | 52.07%, 12 seats |
Seats1: | 18 |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Popular Vote1: | 22,187 |
Percentage1: | 61.13% |
Swing1: | 9.06pp |
Leader2: | Ronald Green |
Party2: | United Workers' Party (Dominica) |
Last Election2: | 43.60%, 8 seats |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 12,684 |
Percentage2: | 34.95% |
Swing2: | 8.65pp |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister |
Before Election: | Roosevelt Skerrit |
Before Party: | Dominica Labour Party |
After Election: | Roosevelt Skerrit |
After Party: | Dominica Labour Party |
General elections were 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.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1534 ballots counted 39 ballots rejected | Johnson Drigo† | Dominica Labour Party | 841 | 54.8 | |
Bernard Wiltshire | 686 | 44.7 | |||
Jacqueline Laurent Theodore | Independent | 7 | 0.5 | ||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
846 ballots counted 13 ballots rejected | Ronald Toulon†† | Dominica Labour Party | 632 | 74.7 | |
Herbert (Sabee) Sabaroche | 211 | 24.9 | |||
Delroy Sebastian | 3 | 0.4 | |||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
1331 ballots counted 10 ballots rejected | Reginald Victor Austrie†† | Dominica Labour Party | 969 | 85.7 | |
William Emmanuel Riviere | 162 | 14.3 | |||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
1497 ballots counted 37 ballots rejected | Justina Charles† | Dominica Labour Party | 1350 | 90.2 | |
Leanthia Pacquette Lewis | 119 | 7.9 | |||
Harian Martin Henry | 19 | 1.3 | |||
Lyndon Peters | 9 | 0.6 | |||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
1446 ballots counted 13 ballots rejected | Petter Saint-Jean | Dominica Labour Party | 724 | 50.1 | |
Ron Green†† | 722 | 49.9 | |||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
3649 ballots counted 36 ballots rejected | Rayburn John Blackmoore†† | Dominica Labour Party | 2136 | 58.5 | |
Ronald (Ronnie) Isidore | 1457 | 39.9 | |||
Johnson (Bosso) Boston | 56 | 15.3 | |||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
1063 ballots counted 8 ballots rejected | Edison Chenfil James†† | United Workers' Party | 835 | 78.6 | |
Dayton Baptiste | 228 | 21.4 | |||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
1071 ballots counted 15 ballots rejected | Ivor Stephenson | Dominica Labour Party | 528 | 48.8 | |
Abraham Browne†† | 523 | 48.8 | |||
Benjamin Pascal | 20 | 1.9 | |||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
1308 ballots counted 82 ballots rejected | Matthew Joseph Walter†† | Dominica Labour Party | 1157 | 88.5 | |
151 | 11.5 | ||||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
1511 ballots counted 12 ballots rejected | Kenneth Melchoir Darroux† | Dominica Labour Party | 1243 | 82.3 | |
Samuel Raphael | Independent | 268 | 17.7 | ||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
1434 ballots counted 14 ballots rejected | Ian Douglas†† | Dominica Labour Party | 1251 | 87.2 | |
Murphy Wallace | 91 | 6.3 | |||
Errol Moir Hill | Independent | 61 | 4.3 | ||
Albert Cecil Severin | Independent | 18 | 1.3 | ||
Julian Stephen Brewster | 13 | 0.9 | |||
Roseau Central | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
1786 ballots counted 54 ballots rejected | Norris "Prevo" Prevost†† | United Workers' Party | 839 | 47.0 | |
836 | 47.0 | ||||
Judith Pestaina | 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†† | Dominica Labour Party | 1655 | 50.3 | |
Daniel Andrew Lugay | 1538 | 46.7 | |||
Henry Babs Dyer | 95 | 2.9 | |||
Michael Wright | 3 | 0.1 | |||
Roseau South | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
3355 ballots counted 22 ballots rejected | Ambrose George†† | Dominica Labour Party | 2049 | 61.1 | |
Bobby A. C. Frederick | 1130 | 33.7 | |||
Oliver A. St. John | 176 | 5.2 | |||
Roseau Valley | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
1614 ballots counted 14 ballots rejected | John Collin McIntyre | Dominica Labour Party | 936 | 58.0 | |
Norris Charles†† | 658 | 40.8 | |||
Michael Anthony Astaphan | 20 | 1.2 | |||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
1345 ballots counted 25 ballots rejected | Hector "Spags" John† | United Workers' Party | 817 | 60.7 | |
512 | 38.1 | ||||
Nettisha Walsh | 16 | 1.2 | |||
Salybia | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
1701 ballots counted 18 ballots rejected | Ashton Graneau† | Dominica Labour Party | 1013 | 59.6 | |
684 | 40.2 | ||||
Christabelle Auguiste | Independent | 4 | 0.2 | ||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
1936 ballots counted 24 ballots rejected | Kelver Dwight Darroux† | Dominica Labour Party | 1138 | 58.8 | |
Henry John Abraham | 788 | 40.7 | |||
Marcella Boatswain | 5 | 0.3 | |||
Roland Mitchel | 5 | 0.3 | |||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
2044 ballots counted 35 ballots rejected | Sam Edward Martin† | Dominica Labour Party | 1214 | 59.4 | |
Glen Etienne | 777 | 38.0 | |||
Felita Paul Thomas | 53 | 25.9 | |||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
1189 ballots counted 15 ballots rejected | Roosevelt Skerrit†† | Dominica Labour Party | 1041 | 87.6 | |
148 | 12.4 | ||||
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
1543 ballots counted 21 ballots rejected | Gloria Marilyn Shillingford | Dominica Labour Party | 809 | 52.4 | |
Ezekiel Bazil† | 734 | 47.6 | |||
Source: Electoral Office |
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