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The 1979 general election was the first election to be conducted after the legislature had been expanded from seven to nine elected seats. Three of the nine seats were not contested, with only a single candidate standing in the 3rd, 7th and 8th
Districts. For the 3rd District, this was the second
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616:Virgin Islands Party
573:Virgin Islands Party
569:Terrance B. Lettsome
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110:First party
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1285:Total votes
1263:Valid votes
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681:Total votes
659:Valid votes
526:Total votes
500:Valid votes
205:Percentage
1562:Categories
1096:Omar Hodge
340:Omar Hodge
307:Background
65:1979-11-12
1309:Footnotes
1198:Candidate
1078:Candidate
958:Candidate
826:Candidate
710:Candidate
592:Candidate
245:Elected
575:), and
323:Results
127:Leader
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95:Turnout
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146:Party
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1269:98.96
1248:Total
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1227:70.45
1204:Votes
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1153:98.94
1132:Total
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1012:Total
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529:2,671
506:98.80
503:2,639
482:2,639
479:Total
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465:1,004
407:22.93
388:27.78
370:Seats
364:Votes
361:Party
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167:1975
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