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General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 11 November 1983. The result was a victory for the opposition United Party in coalition with independent candidate Cyril Romney over the governing Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by former Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt. Each major party won four seats, and Cyril Romney was the sole remaining elected independent. Accordingly, Romney allegedly agree to join a coalition with whichever party would make him Chief Minister. The VIP declined to do so, but the UP eventually agreed thereby winning the election despite securing a smaller overall percentage of the vote.

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rdfs:label	1983 British Virgin Islands general election (en)
rdfs:comment	General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 11 November 1983. The result was a victory for the opposition United Party in coalition with independent candidate Cyril Romney over the governing Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by former Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt. Each major party won four seats, and Cyril Romney was the sole remaining elected independent. Accordingly, Romney allegedly agree to join a coalition with whichever party would make him Chief Minister. The VIP declined to do so, but the UP eventually agreed thereby winning the election despite securing a smaller overall percentage of the vote. (en)
dct:subject	Elections in the British Virgin Islands 1983 elections in British Overseas Territories 1983 elections in the Caribbean 1983 in the British Virgin Islands November 1983 events in North America
Wikipage page ID	33787895 (xsd:integer)
Wikipage revision ID	1085783968 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Omar Hodge Virgin Islands Party Elections in the British Virgin Islands Eileene L. Parsons Conrad Maduro 1983 elections in British Overseas Territories 1983 elections in the Caribbean 1983 in the British Virgin Islands November 1983 events in North America British Virgin Islands Willard Wheatley Janice Pereira Leader of the Opposition (British Virgin Islands) Cyril Romney Hamilton Lavity Stoutt Terrance B. Lettsome Walwyn Brewley Ralph T. O'Neal British Virgin Islands general election, 1979 United Party (British Virgin Islands) Oliver Cills Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands Lavity Stoutt Premier of the British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Legislative Council
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://web.archive.org/web/20140407063531/http:/216.197.123.192/Portals/0/Forms/Election%20Information%20and%20Results%201950-2011.pdf
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leader since	1971 (xsd:integer) 1975 (xsd:integer)
majority seats	5 (xsd:integer)
popular vote	1322 (xsd:integer) 1355 (xsd:integer)
total sc	0 (xsd:integer)
turnout	73.2 (perCent)
after election	Cyril Romney
after party	United Party (British Virgin Islands)
before election	Hamilton Lavity Stoutt
before party	Virgin Islands Party
country	British Virgin Islands (en)
election date	1983-11-11 (xsd:date)
election name	1983 (xsd:integer)
electorate	4252 (xsd:integer)
invalid	92 (xsd:integer)
leader	Willard Wheatley Lavity Stoutt (en)
leaders seat	1 (xsd:integer) 7 (xsd:integer)
next election	1986 (xsd:integer)
next year	1986 (xsd:integer)
party	Virgin Islands Party United Party (British Virgin Islands) Independents (en) Virgin Islands Party (en)
percentage	44.9 (perCent) 43.8 (perCent)
previous election	1979 (xsd:integer)
previous year	1979 (xsd:integer)
sc	0 (xsd:integer) +3 (en) –3 (en)
seats	1 (xsd:integer) 4 (xsd:integer)
seats for election	All seats in the British Virgin Islands Legislative Council (en)
source	BVI Deputy Governor's Office (en)
title	Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands
type	parliamentary (en)
votes	341 (xsd:integer) 1322 (xsd:integer) 1355 (xsd:integer)
has abstract	General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 11 November 1983. The result was a victory for the opposition United Party in coalition with independent candidate Cyril Romney over the governing Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by former Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt. Each major party won four seats, and Cyril Romney was the sole remaining elected independent. Accordingly, Romney allegedly agree to join a coalition with whichever party would make him Chief Minister. The VIP declined to do so, but the UP eventually agreed thereby winning the election despite securing a smaller overall percentage of the vote. Janice George served as the supervisor of elections. Turnout averaged 73.1% across the six districts that voted; the 1st District had the highest turnout (83.5%) and the 3rd District had the lowest (67.8%). 1983 was the second election after the Legislative Council had been expanded from seven district seats to nine. Astonishingly, just like the previous election, fully one third of the seats up for election were not contested, with only a single candidate standing in the 7th, 8th and 9th Districts. For the 7th and 8th Districts, this was the second consecutive general election when those seats went uncontested. The election is also notable in that every single person who would ever serve as Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands (excluding Premiers) (Stoutt, Wheatley, Romney and O'Neal) was elected during the 1983 general election. Notable candidates who were elected for the first time included future Leader of the Opposition, E. Walwyn Brewley. (en)
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start date	1983-11-11 (xsd:date)

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