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The British Virgin Islands general election, 2015 was a general election held in the British Virgin Islands on 8 June 2015 to elect members to the House of Assembly.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BREAKING NEWS: June 8 Is General Elections Date )〕 The result was a landslide victory for the incumbent National Democratic Party (NDP) over the opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BREAKING NEWS: NDP Will Remain In Gov't )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NDP secures landslide victory at the polls (official) )〕 No minor parties or independent candidates won any seats. Unusually, every single incumbent candidate who stood in their original seat was victorious.〔Amongst sitting members of the House, only Alvin Christopher, who elected to stand at-large rather than defend his 2nd District seat, lost.〕 The supervisor of elections was Juliette Penn. Prior to polling day, the VIP had complained to Governor John Duncan of alleged irregularities relating to the conduct advance polling day.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Court action likely – VIP complains about poll )〕 In a statement the supervisor of elections acknowledged irregularities, but indicated that they were of a minor and technical nature, and were swiftly rectified once noticed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=False alarm? Election concern rectified )〕 The report of the international Election Observer Mission noted that the election "was peaceful and vibrant and saw high levels of public engagement."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Most Negative Campaign - Report )〕 ==Background== The second sitting of the House of Assembly was dissolved for the election on 1 May 2015, but the election date was not announced until 6 May 2015.〔 Former Premier, Ralph T. O'Neal, had warned of the possibility of the Government calling a snap election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Snap election likely, Opposition Leader warns while announcing he will quit )〕 President of the opposition Virgin Islands Party, Carvin Malone, had predicted an election on 6 or 13 July 2015. Although it became common parlance to refer to the election as a "snap" election in local media,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Opinion: Why snap election never benefits the people ) (【引用サイトリンク】title=Premier Defends Snap Elections )〕 it is not entirely clear that it was. The ruling party announced candidates for an "upcoming election" over a month prior to dissolution of the House,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NDP Takes First Jump; New Candidates Confirmed Following High Level Meeting )〕 and all parties claimed that they had anticipated the announcement.〔 Former Premier Ralph O'Neal stepped down and did not contest the 2015 election, the first general election he has not contested since 1967.〔 He was the longest serving politician in the Territory's history, and had held the seat for Virgin Gorda and Anegada (now the 9th district, originally the 7th district) continuously since 1975. Although political dynasties have not been a large feature of British Virgin Islands politics, the 2015 election witnessed descendants of each of the first three Chief Ministers of the Territory standing for office. Lavity Stoutt's son, Preston, ran in the first district as an independent candidate. Willard Wheatley's grandson, Natalio, ran at-large for the People's Empowerment Party, and Cyril Romney's daughter, JoAnne, ran in the fourth district for the Virgin Islands Party. However each of those candidates eventually lost their election bid by some distance. The 2015 also saw the largest number of female candidates in the Territory's history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=42 candidates nominated; record number of women )〕 The NDP fielded three female candidates, the VIP fielded six, the PEP fielded one female candidate, and two of the declared independent candidates were female. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British Virgin Islands general election, 2015」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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