In total there was 73% turnout at the polls which is good, as noted by the OAS and only slightly less than 2008.
According to our calculations, the UDP got just about 50% of the popular vote, while the PUP got 47% - which was a swing of 6.45% against the UDP.
So what explains the big swing against the UDP? That's what we asked Dean Barrow today...
Jules Vasquez
"Do you know what is the caused the demise your party's electoral fortunes?"
Dean Barrow - Prime Minister Elect
"Well, how can you call it demise? We won, didn't we? Usually, you are such a careful word smith. What's going wrong? That long night last night also scrambled your brains? Jules, there was very clearly a dramatic reduction in our numbers. There is no getting away from that. I can tell you that while I repeat that certainly over the last couple of months, during the campaign season proper, all of our candidates did all that they could have done, all that they were supposed to do, I will be perfectly honest, That is the case before the election campaign. Look at what has happened. There are those seats that we lost. There are other seats in which the margin of victory was too close for comfort, but there were so many other seats in which the margin of victory was outlandishly huge. Erwin Contreras won by 1,710 votes."
We'll have much more on the election results tomorrow, plus our stories from the road...
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