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Election by numbers

Election 2017: Lawrence Scott, Constituency #24 - Warwick South East (Photograph by Akil Simmons)

PLP: 24, OBA: 12, Independent: 0

46,669: Number of registered voters.

34,060: Number of registered voters who took part in the 2017 General Election.

72.98%: Percentage turnout of registered voters who took part in the 2017 General Election.

20,059: Number of votes cast for

the PLP.

13,832: Number of votes cast for the OBA.

169: Number of votes cast for independent candidates.

58.89%: Percentage of votes cast for the PLP.

40.61%: Percentage of votes cast for the OBA.

0.50%: Percentage of votes cast for independent candidates.

31/5: Number of blacks and whites elected to the House of Assembly.

8: Number of women elected to the House of Assembly.

820: Number of votes cast for the PLP’s Michael Weeks in Pembroke East Central, the highest number cast for any single candidate.

93.39%: Percentage of votes cast for Mr Weeks, the highest for any single candidate.

15: Number of votes cast for independent candidate Gershywn Charles Conway Smith om Smith’s South, the lowest for any single candidate.

12: Margin of victory for Dennis Lister III, who defeated the OBA’s Jeff Sousa in the closest race of the night.