By now everyone is aware that the PNP won the 2012 General Elections 8 seats to the PDM 7 seats. PNP won 6 seats at the Electoral District level and 2 at the All Island level compared to the PDM 4 seats at the Electoral District level and 3 at the All Island level.
Although the PNP won the Government, it only obtained 44.9% of the votes cast at the Electoral District level – i.e. the Popular Vote – which was 331 votes less than the PDM, which got 50.1% of the Popular Vote. For reference, the PPP got 4.9% of the Popular Vote the sole Independent candidate got 0.1%. Together, this brings the total number of votes cast at the Electoral District level to 6,311 – not including the 41 rejected ballots.
Where the numbers tells a fascinating story is at the All Island level where 30,428 votes were cast for the following 11 candidates (in the order of highest to lowest):
1. Sharlene Cartwright Robinson (PDM): 3,427
2. Rufus Ewing (PNP): 3,252
3. Derek Taylor (PDM): 3,191
4. Washington Misick (PNP): 3,107
5. Josephine Connolly (PDM): 3,023
6. Carlos Simons (PNP): 2,899
7. Samuel Harvey (PDM): 2,896
8. Oswald Skippings (PDM): 2,894
9. Wayne Garland (PNP): 2,806
10. Royal Robinson (PNP): 2,700
11. Oswald Simons (IND): 233
Before it the elections it was widely speculated that Mrs. Cartwright-Robinson would get the highest tally based on her popularity and the amount of non-PDM supporters who said that they would give her a vote. And based on the final results she achieved by obtaining 3,427 of the votes cast.
However, to truly understand the impact that Mrs. Cartwright-Robinson and the other All Island candidates individually had on the election, we need to see how much cross party appeal each candidate had, and which candidate (if any) helped or hurt his/her party.
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