1999 British Virgin Islands general election

1999 British Virgin Islands general election
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13 of the 15 seats in the House of Assembly
7 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Orlando Smith Ralph T. O'Neal
Party NDP VIP
Last election – 30.15%, 6 seats
Seats won 5 7
Seat change New Increase 1
Popular vote 9,126 8,790
Percentage 38.14% 36.74%
Chief Minister before election

Ralph T. O'Neal
VIP

Chief Minister after election

Ralph T. O'Neal
VIP

General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 17 May 1999. The result was a victory for the incumbent Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by Chief Minister Ralph T. O'Neal over the newly formed National Democratic Party (NDP) led by Orlando Smith.

The elections marked the emergence of the NDP, the first serious opposition to the VIP since the collapse of the United Party in the aftermath of Cyril Romney's resignation as Chief Minister in 1986. They were also the first elections in the territory since 1954 in which Lavity Stoutt, a dominant political force in the British Virgin Islands did not participate and the first in which no independent candidates were elected.[1]

  1. ^ "Constitutional & Political Development in the Virgin Islands 1950–2000". House of Assembly (website). Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.