All Saints West Poll Analysis

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Wednesday, 06 February 2013 02:30

By caribarena news

Antigua St. John's - Yesterday's poll for the All Saint's West constituency featured four candidates, the Incumbent Chanlah Codrington (UPP), the ALP's Davin Joseph, and two independent candidates, Wigley George and Ralph Potter.

The poll ended with George and Joseph far ahead of Codrington and Potter, with George receiving the most votes out of the 4 candidates. In the 2009 election, Codrington received the most votes, with approximately 19.7% more votes than Joseph.

George did not run in the All Saints West Constituency during the 2009 election, and was unsuccessful in his bid to be elected in the St. Paul constituency. Potter did not run in the 2009 election.

Total Votes in Poll: 742


Percentage of Vote for Codrington: 10.4%
Percentage of Vote for Joseph: 32.7%
Percentage of Vote for Potter: 11.1%
Percentage of Vote for George: 37.7%

Percentage of Vote for None of the Above: 8.1%

Chanlah Codrington (UPP, Incumbent)

Total Votes: 77

Votes from Antigua and Barbuda: 37

Votes from Overseas: 40

Percentage of Local Votes: 48.1%

Percentage of Overseas Votes: 51.9%


Davin Joseph (ALP)

Total Votes: 243

Votes from Antigua and Barbuda: 219

Votes from Overseas: 24

Percentage of Local Votes: 90.1%

Percentage of Overseas Votes: 9.9%

Ralph Potter (Independent)

Total Votes: 82

Votes from Antigua and Barbuda: 67

Votes from Overseas: 15

Percentage of Local Votes: 81.7%

Percentage of Overseas Votes: 18.3%

Wigley George (Independent)

Total Votes: 280

Votes from Antigua and Barbuda: 254

Votes from Overseas: 26

Percentage of Local Votes: 90.7%

Percentage of Overseas Votes: 9.3%



None of the Above


Total Votes: 60

Votes from Antigua and Barbuda: 44

Votes from Overseas: 16

Percentage of Local Votes: 73.3%

Percentage of Overseas Votes: 26.6%

From the start of the poll, Davin Joseph (ALP) and Wigley George (Independent) established themselves as the leaders in the poll. George established a significant lead, which was slowly closed by Joseph, who overtook George briefly before loosing his momentum and falling back behind George.

At the end of the poll, George received the most votes, with 37.7%, followed by Davin Joseph with 32.7%, Ralph Potter with 11.1%, Chanlah Codrington with 10.4%, and the none of the above option with 8.1%. There were a total of 742 votes in the poll.

In Antigua and Barbuda, there were 621 votes, with George receiving 40.9% of the total local votes, Joseph receiving 35.3% of the total local votes, Potter receiving 10.8% of the total local votes, Codrington receiving 6% of the total local votes, and the none of the above option receiving 7% of the total local votes.

*Note to Readers:
After each poll is closed, the data is revised and double-votes and other attempts to cheat the system are filtered out. As a result, the final poll numbers and the numbers in subsequent analyses may not match.

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