2023 Dominican presidential election
27 September 2023
 
Nominee Sylvanie Burton Anette Sanford
Party DLP UWP
Electoral vote 20 5
Percentage 80% 20%
President before election

Charles Savarin
DLP

 Elected President

Sylvanie Burton
DLP

An indirect presidential election was held on 27 September 2023 to elect the next President of Dominica.[1][2][3]

President Charles Savarin was ineligible for re-election, the Constitution of Dominica prohibiting him from a third term.[4]

Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit of the Dominica Labour Party proposed Sylvanie Burton as a candidate, making her the likely first woman president and first of the indigenous Kalinago community.[5][6]

Sylvanie Burton however did not receive the support of opposition leader Jesma Paul-Victor, making an election by unanimity impossible. Skerrit thus informed the parliament of the situation on 12 September, triggering an election two weeks later between Burton and the candidate of the opposition, Anette Sanford, who is also a Kalinago woman[7][8][9]

Burton was elected on 27 September, and was sworn in on 2 October.[10]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Sylvanie BurtonDominica Labour Party2080.00
Anette SanfordUnited Workers' Party520.00
Total25100.00
Valid votes25100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes25100.00
Registered voters/turnout3278.12
Source: [10]

References

  1. ↑ "PM announces that opposition leader not in favour of presidential choice, other nominations to be submitted within the next 14 days". Dominica News Online. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dominica: Lack of support for first female head of state nominee". Loop News. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Admin (21 September 2023). "Team Unity endorses PM's nominee for president; describes opposition nomination as 'a gross partisan political mistake'". Dominica News Online. Retrieved 25 September 2023..
  4. ↑ "President Savarin's second term to end in October". Dominica News Online. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Nominee for President's replacement confirmed by PM". Dominica News Online. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Le gouvernement de la Dominique souhaite nommer une femme d'origine Kalinago chef d'État de l'île". Martinique la 1ère (in French). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Dominica: Lack of support for first female head of state nominee". Loop News. Retrieved 12 September 2023..
  8. ↑ https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/pm-announces-that-opposition-leader-not-in-favour-of-presidential-choice-other-nominations-to-be-submitted-within-the-next-14-days/
  9. ↑ Opposition leader Jesma Paul Victor Nominates Anette Sanford as her choice for Dominica’s Presidency
  10. 1 2 "Dominica elects first woman head of state". Loop News. Retrieved 27 September 2023..



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