# 2009 Dominican general election

General elections were held in Dominica on 18 December 2009, to elect the 21 Representatives of the House of Assembly. The incumbent Dominica Labour Party increased its majority to 18 of 21 seats, winning a third term.

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Dominica Labour Party | 22,187 | 61.13 | 18 | +6 |
| | United Workers' Party | 12,684 | 34.95 | 3 | –5 |
| | Dominica Freedom Party | 870 | 2.40 | 0 | 0 |
| | People's Democratic Movement | 180 | 0.50 | 0 | New |
| | Dominica Progressive Party | 19 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | 354 | 0.98 | 0 | –1 |
| Total | Total | 36,294 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 36,294 | 98.40 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 589 | 1.60 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 36,883 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 66,923 | 55.11 | | |
| Source: Caribbean Elections ||||||

### By constituency

| Castle Bruce | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1534 ballots counted 39 ballots rejected | Johnson Drigo† | Dominica Labour Party | 841 | 54.8 |
| 1534 ballots counted 39 ballots rejected | Bernard Wiltshire | United Workers' Party | 686 | 44.7 |
| 1534 ballots counted 39 ballots rejected | Jacqueline Laurent Theodore | Independent | 7 | 0.5 |
| Colihaut | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 846 ballots counted 13 ballots rejected | Ronald Toulon†† | Dominica Labour Party | 632 | 74.7 |
| 846 ballots counted 13 ballots rejected | Herbert (Sabee) Sabaroche | Dominica Freedom Party | 211 | 24.9 |
| 846 ballots counted 13 ballots rejected | Delroy Sebastian | Dominica Progressive Party | 3 | 0.4 |
| Cottage | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1331 ballots counted 10 ballots rejected | Reginald Victor Austrie†† | Dominica Labour Party | 969 | 85.7 |
| 1331 ballots counted 10 ballots rejected | William Emmanuel Riviere | People's Democratic Movement | 162 | 14.3 |
| Grand Bay | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1497 ballots counted 37 ballots rejected | Justina Charles† | Dominica Labour Party | 1350 | 90.2 |
| 1497 ballots counted 37 ballots rejected | Leanthia Pacquette Lewis | United Workers' Party | 119 | 7.9 |
| 1497 ballots counted 37 ballots rejected | Harian Martin Henry | Dominica Freedom Party | 19 | 1.3 |
| 1497 ballots counted 37 ballots rejected | Lyndon Peters | Dominica Progressive Party | 9 | 0.6 |
| La Plaine | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1446 ballots counted 13 ballots rejected | Petter Saint-Jean | Dominica Labour Party | 724 | 50.1 |
| 1446 ballots counted 13 ballots rejected | Ron Green†† | United Workers' Party | 722 | 49.9 |
| Mahaut | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 3649 ballots counted 36 ballots rejected | Rayburn John Blackmoore†† | Dominica Labour Party | 2136 | 58.5 |
| 3649 ballots counted 36 ballots rejected | Ronald (Ronnie) Isidore | United Workers' Party | 1457 | 39.9 |
| 3649 ballots counted 36 ballots rejected | Johnson (Bosso) Boston | Dominica Freedom Party | 56 | 15.3 |
| Marigot | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1063 ballots counted 8 ballots rejected | Edison Chenfil James†† | United Workers' Party | 835 | 78.6 |
| 1063 ballots counted 8 ballots rejected | Dayton Baptiste | Dominica Labour Party | 228 | 21.4 |
| Morne Jaune/Riviere Cyrique | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1071 ballots counted 15 ballots rejected | Ivor Stephenson | Dominica Labour Party | 528 | 48.8 |
| 1071 ballots counted 15 ballots rejected | Abraham Browne†† | United Workers' Party | 523 | 48.8 |
| 1071 ballots counted 15 ballots rejected | Benjamin Pascal | Dominica Freedom Party | 20 | 1.9 |
| Paix Bouche | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1308 ballots counted 82 ballots rejected | Matthew Joseph Walter†† | Dominica Labour Party | 1157 | 88.5 |
| 1308 ballots counted 82 ballots rejected | John C. Bruno | United Workers' Party | 151 | 11.5 |
| Petite Savanne | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1511 ballots counted 12 ballots rejected | Kenneth Melchoir Darroux† | Dominica Labour Party | 1243 | 82.3 |
| 1511 ballots counted 12 ballots rejected | Samuel Raphael | Independent | 268 | 17.7 |
| Portsmouth | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1434 ballots counted 14 ballots rejected | Ian Douglas†† | Dominica Labour Party | 1251 | 87.2 |
| 1434 ballots counted 14 ballots rejected | Murphy Wallace | Dominica Freedom Party | 91 | 6.3 |
| 1434 ballots counted 14 ballots rejected | Errol Moir Hill | Independent | 61 | 4.3 |
| 1434 ballots counted 14 ballots rejected | Albert Cecil Severin | Independent | 18 | 1.3 |
| 1434 ballots counted 14 ballots rejected | Julian Stephen Brewster | People's Democratic Movement | 13 | 0.9 |
| Roseau Central | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1786 ballots counted 54 ballots rejected | Norris "Prevo" Prevost†† | United Workers' Party | 839 | 47.0 |
| 1786 ballots counted 54 ballots rejected | Alvin "Aloe" Bernard | Dominica Labour Party | 836 | 47.0 |
| 1786 ballots counted 54 ballots rejected | Judith Pestaina | Dominica Freedom Party | 109 | 6.1 |
| 1786 ballots counted 54 ballots rejected | Leonard "Pappy" Baptiste | Democratic Progressive Party | 2 | 0.1 |
| Roseau North | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 3291 ballots counted 82 ballots rejected | Julius C. Timothy†† | Dominica Labour Party | 1655 | 50.3 |
| 3291 ballots counted 82 ballots rejected | Daniel Andrew Lugay | United Workers' Party | 1538 | 46.7 |
| 3291 ballots counted 82 ballots rejected | Henry Babs Dyer | Dominica Freedom Party | 95 | 2.9 |
| 3291 ballots counted 82 ballots rejected | Michael Wright | Dominica Progressive Party | 3 | 0.1 |
| Roseau South | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 3355 ballots counted 22 ballots rejected | Ambrose George†† | Dominica Labour Party | 2049 | 61.1 |
| 3355 ballots counted 22 ballots rejected | Bobby A. C. Frederick | United Workers' Party | 1130 | 33.7 |
| 3355 ballots counted 22 ballots rejected | Oliver A. St. John | Dominica Freedom Party | 176 | 5.2 |
| Roseau Valley | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1614 ballots counted 14 ballots rejected | John Collin McIntyre | Dominica Labour Party | 936 | 58.0 |
| 1614 ballots counted 14 ballots rejected | Norris Charles†† | United Workers' Party | 658 | 40.8 |
| 1614 ballots counted 14 ballots rejected | Michael Anthony Astaphan | Dominica Freedom Party | 20 | 1.2 |
| Salisbury | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1345 ballots counted 25 ballots rejected | Hector "Spags" John† | United Workers' Party | 817 | 60.7 |
| 1345 ballots counted 25 ballots rejected | Julien B. "Tolo" Royer | Dominica Labour Party | 512 | 38.1 |
| 1345 ballots counted 25 ballots rejected | Nettisha Walsh | Dominica Freedom Party | 16 | 1.2 |
| Salybia | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1701 ballots counted 18 ballots rejected | Ashton Graneau† | Dominica Labour Party | 1013 | 59.6 |
| 1701 ballots counted 18 ballots rejected | Claudius Sanford | United Workers' Party | 684 | 40.2 |
| 1701 ballots counted 18 ballots rejected | Christabelle Auguiste | Independent | 4 | 0.2 |
| St. Joseph | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1936 ballots counted 24 ballots rejected | Kelver Dwight Darroux† | Dominica Labour Party | 1138 | 58.8 |
| 1936 ballots counted 24 ballots rejected | Henry John Abraham | United Workers' Party | 788 | 40.7 |
| 1936 ballots counted 24 ballots rejected | Marcella Boatswain | Dominica Progressive Party | 5 | 0.3 |
| 1936 ballots counted 24 ballots rejected | Roland Mitchel | People's Democratic Movement | 5 | 0.3 |
| Soufrière | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 2044 ballots counted 35 ballots rejected | Sam Edward Martin† | Dominica Labour Party | 1214 | 59.4 |
| 2044 ballots counted 35 ballots rejected | Glen Etienne | United Workers' Party | 777 | 38.0 |
| 2044 ballots counted 35 ballots rejected | Felita Paul Thomas | Dominica Freedom Party | 53 | 25.9 |
| Vieille Case | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1189 ballots counted 15 ballots rejected | Roosevelt Skerrit†† | Dominica Labour Party | 1041 | 87.6 |
| 1189 ballots counted 15 ballots rejected | Maynard (MJ) Joseph | United Workers' Party | 148 | 12.4 |
| Wesley | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1543 ballots counted 21 ballots rejected | Gloria Marilyn Shillingford | Dominica Labour Party | 809 | 52.4 |
| 1543 ballots counted 21 ballots rejected | Ezekiel Bazil† | United Workers' Party | 734 | 47.6 |
| Source: Electoral Office |||||