Elections in Dominica

Elections in Dominica have been taking place since 1832. Dominica elects on national level a legislature. The House of Assembly has 32 members, 21 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies, 9 appointed senators,^[1] the Speaker and 1 ex officio member. A head of state—the president—is elected by the House of Assembly.

Dominica has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. Dominica was once a three-party system until the Dominica Labour Party and the greatly diminished Dominica Freedom Party formed a coalition government. The DFP has failed to acquire any seats for two elections straight, leaving the United Workers' Party as the only opposition to the DLP.

Latest elections

Main article: 2022 Dominican general election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Dominica Labour Party	15,214	82.38	19	+1
	Team Unity Dominica	153	0.83	0	New
	Independents	3,102	16.80	2	New
Total		18,469	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		18,469	96.87
Invalid/blank votes		597	3.13
Total votes		19,066	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		60,330	31.60
Source: Electoral Office

List of elected members

Constituency	Party		Elected member	Notes
Castle Bruce		DLP	Octavia Alfred
Colihaut		DLP	Daren Pinard	Unopposed
Cottage		DLP	Roland Royer	Unopposed
Grand Bay		DLP	Vince Henderson
La Plaine		DLP	Cassandra Williams
Mahaut		DLP	Cassanni Laville
Marigot		IND	Anthony S. Charles
Morne Jaune/Riviere Cyrique		DLP	Gretta Roberts
Paix Bouche		DLP	Lakeyia Joseph	Unopposed
Petite Savanne		DLP	Jullan Defoe	Unopposed
Portsmouth		DLP	Fenella Wenham
Roseau-Central		DLP	Melissa Poponne Skerrit
Roseau-North		DLP	Miriam Blanchard
Roseau-South		DLP	Chekirah N. Lockhart
Roseau-Valley		DLP	Irving McIntyre	Unopposed
Salisbury		IND	Jesma Paul
Salybia		DLP	Cozier P. Federick
St. Joseph		DLP	Darron T. Lloyd
Soufrière		DLP	Denise Charles
Vieille Case		DLP	Roosevelt Skerrit	Unopposed
Wesley		DLP	Fidel N. Grant
Source: Electoral Office

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

Notes

1. The elected Representatives decide whether senators are to be elected or appointed. If appointed, five are chosen by the president with the advice of the prime minister and four with the advice of the opposition leader. If elected, it is by vote of the Representatives.

References

• Matthias Catón: "Dominica" in: Elections in the Americas. A Data Handbook, vol. 1, ed. by Dieter Nohlen. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005: pp. 223–237 ISBN 0-19-928357-5

External links

Official website

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Vote Commonwealth of Dominica elections, KnowledgeWalk online
• Election Profile - Commonwealth of Dominica, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)