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A number of political parties have been formed but failed to win any seats. Only one of these parties has ever contested more than a single election (one of the parties named the
Concern Citizen Movement contested two general elections; an unrelated party also named the Concern Citizen Movement
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Territory, and between them they hold all of the seats in the legislature. Two of them were formed in 2018, the other two are much older.
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Current main opposition party. General election victories in
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Lists of organisations based in the
British Virgin Islands
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British Overseas Territories
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529:. Last candidate to stand was Conrad Maduro in a
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665:Progressive People's Democratic Party
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474:Progressive Virgin Islands Movement
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1142:List of political parties in the
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697:(second incarnation - unrelated)
641:Virgin Islands National Movement
629:Virgin Islands Progressive Party
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513:General election victories in
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716:but failed to win any seats.
704:but failed to win any seats.
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270:Administrative divisions
164:Leader of the Opposition
159:Corine George-Massicote
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361:British Virgin Islands
1297:Saint Kitts and Nevis
756:2015 general election
744:2015 general election
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714:2011 general election
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787:Virgin Islands Party
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679:(first incarnation)
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603:, winning one seat.
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575:, winning one seat.
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1068:Progressives United
886:People's Own Party
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846:1999 - 2019
821:1967 - 2003
796:1971 - 2019
278:Citizenship
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244:Party (VIP)
144:Legislative
76:Charles III
1527:Categories
1424:Montserrat
1419:Martinique
1414:Guadeloupe
1212:Costa Rica
589:Omar Hodge
1499:Caribbean
1409:Greenland
1332:Venezuela
1277:Nicaragua
1247:Guatemala
1167:Argentina
1152:Sovereign
624:Comments
503:Comments
203:General:
196:elections
189:Elections
181:Judiciary
114:Executive
71:Sovereign
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1287:Paraguay
1262:Honduras
1222:Dominica
1207:Colombia
1177:Barbados
1144:Americas
964:See also
543:Won the
384:Founded
294:Passport
83:Governor
65:Monarchy
1394:Curaçao
1379:Bonaire
1374:Bermuda
1327:Uruguay
1267:Jamaica
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1232:Ecuador
1187:Bolivia
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387:Leader
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132:Cabinet
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1272:Mexico
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1197:Canada
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1154:states
775:Party
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390:Notes
381:Party
363:has a
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