The music playing as the victory party kicked off on Court Street said it all.

"Ain't no stopping us now," chanted the crowd, as they celebrated the PLP's historic third election win.

The party's only white MP, Zane DeSilva, received one of the loudest cheers of the night as he stormed into Alaska Hall, punching the air.

Later, after sending the crowd wild with his dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller on stage on Court Street, the newly elected Mr. DeSilva yelled: "My Bermudian people! My, my my. I have arrived, people. I have arrived."

Patrice Minors, who claimed the scalp of Opposition leader Michael Dunkley in Smith's North, borrowed some lyrics from Beyonce Knowles.

"You must not know 'bout me, you must not know 'bout me!" she sang in a shot at those who wrote her off in the key marginal.

On the stroke of midnight, Premier Ewart Brown emerged from a brief meeting with the candidates and headed out onto Court Street. "One Love," sang the crowd to Bob Marley's anthem. "Let's get together and feel alright."

Feeling all right appeared to be the understatement of the evening, as the Premier clasped hands and clapped supporters on the back.

In a poke at beaten Opposition Leader Michael Dunkley, party supporters brandished cartons of his milk at Alaska Hall, singing "down with the milkman".

Big screens set up around the stage meant the sea of green t-shirts, hats, balloons and flags were beamed from the centre of the action to those massed along the length of the street.

Cell phones were glued to ears as news was relayed to family and friends, with others waving camera phones in the air to capture pictures of the celebration for posterity.

Party supporters young and old struggled to find the words to encapsulate their feelings.

"It's very good. I should be able to talk but I can't," said one choked-up senior, who said she had been a PLP supporter from the party's inception. Asked about the scale of the win, she admitted: "I'm a bit surprised, but very happy, of course."

Ashfield DeVent, who won his Pembroke South East seat, said: "Who knows how long this party will go on.It'll go on through Christmas and into the New Year."

Derrick Burgess, who won Hamilton East, pledged: "You will see five years like you've never seen before. It will get better under Premier Brown."

Wayne Caines, beaten in Hamilton South, was out but not down, promising to bid again for election next time around.

"It's been a hard fought battle. We're seeing the fruits of very hard labour and no one person can take the credit," he said, hailing "the PLP family" as the key to success.

"This victory belongs to the people of Bermuda."

Former Premier Alex Scott echoed the words of many others in paying homage to the late "mother" of the party, Dame Lois Browne-Evans.

"Premier Brown said do it for the Dame and we did it for the Dame. And for you, and you and you," he said, pointing at the overjoyed crowd.

Turning to Dr. Brown - with whom he has had public differences of opinion during the election campaign - he pledged: "Premier Brown: We're all going to stay solid."