Election by numbers
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.