| Electoral Districts in the British Virgin Islands |
| For the election of the members of the House of Assembly, the British Virgin Islands is divided intonine electoral districts. Each electoral district sends a member to the House of Asembly, which has 13 seats (including four at large members). There are 19 polling divisions. |
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| Electoral District |
Areas |
Polling Divisions |
| First Electoral District |
West End, Carrott Bay (Tortola) |
01 Zion Hill |
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| 02 Carrot Bay |
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| Second Electoral District |
Meyers, Cane Garden Bay, Brewers Bay (Tortola) and Jost Van Dyke |
03 Jost Van Dyke |
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| 04 Cane Garden Bay |
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| 05 Brewers Bay |
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| 06 Meyers |
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| Third Electoral District |
Sea Cow's Bay and surroundings (Tortola) |
07 Sea Cow’s Bay |
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| 08 Road Town |
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| Fourth Electoral District |
Road Town and surroundings (Tortola) |
09 Salt Island |
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| Fifth Electoral District |
Huntum's Ghut and Long Trench (Tortola) |
10 Huntum’s Ghut |
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| 11 Long Trench |
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| Sixth Electoral District |
Baugher's Bay and East Central Tortola |
12 Baughers Bay |
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| 13 Belle Vue |
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| Seventh Electoral District |
Long Look (Tortola) and Beef Island |
14 Long Look |
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| Eighth Electoral District |
East End, Greenland and Hope Estate (Tortola) |
15 Hope Estate |
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| 16 East End |
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| Ninth Electoral District |
Virgin Gorda and Anegada |
17 The Valley |
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| 18 North Sound |
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| 19 Anegada |
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| ELECTORAL DISTRICTS TIMELINE |
The Constitution Act of 1950 was replaced by the Constitution and Elections Ordinance 1954. By the Constitution and Elections Ordinance, 1954- (No. 7 of 1974), which established a new Legislative Council with an elected majority, the presidency was divided into five (5) districts. Road Town District/Tortola, Central (area of the capital) sent two members to the legislative council and the other districts sent one each.
The new Constitution of April 1967 provided for seven (7) electoral districts, with one representative per district.
In the Elections Ordinance 1977, the number of electoral districts increased to nine (9). (Refer to The 1967 Constitution Section 27(2) and Elections Ordinance 1977 for district boundaries). In 1990 a Territorial district comprised of four at-large representatives was introduced. During the 1995 General Elections, the first four (4) Territorial district candidates were elected. |
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