National Democratic Party
Leader	Marlon A. Penn[1]
Founded	1998[2]
House of Assembly	3 / 13
Website
www.ndpbvisolutions.com
Politics of the British Virgin Islands Political parties Elections

TheNational Democratic Party (orNDP) is apolitical party in theBritish Virgin Islands.^[3][4] In the2019 general election the NDP was voted out of office; it most recently held power after winning the2015 general election.

The party had only one leader for the first 19 years of its existence:Orlando Smith.^[5] In June 2018 Orlando Smith announced he would be stepping down, and on 23 JuneMyron Walwyn was elected as the new party leader.^[6] At the same time the title of the party leader was changed from Chairman to President. In February 2019, after the territory's general election Marlon A. Penn became the Party President due to Myron Walwyn not being successful in the election.

Prior to 2011 the party most recently held power after the2003 general election held on 16 June 2003, the party won 52.4% of popular votes and 8 out of 13 elected seats. It fought that campaign on a platform offering new leadership for the 21st century and promises to clean up corruption and victimisation. The NDP garnered much credit during its time in office for taking a pro-active approach to the development of theoffshore finance industry, working closely with the private sector in relation to a number of initiatives. Ultimately however, this was not sufficient to prevent a resounding defeat when it returned to the polls in 2007.

During the party's term of office following the 2003 election, the party's majority was cut to just one in May 2006 when the Hon.Alvin Christopher was removed from his position as Minister of Communications and Works, and at the next meeting of the legislative council he "crossed the floor" to sit with the opposition; both moves are believed to be related to differences of opinion in relation to the Telecommunications Bill 2006 andtelecoms liberalisation programme in theBritish Virgin Islands generally, although neither side has given any public indication of this.[1] Mr Christopher subsequently ran as an independent against the NDP in the 2007 election, and was returned with a handsome majority. During the party's time in office, the loss of Mr Christopher was offset by Hon. Mark Vanterpool leaving theVirgin Islands Party to join the NDP.

The party was ousted from power in the2007 general election,^[7] but was voted back into office in the2011 general election.^[8] It was then re-elected in the2015 general election with an increased majority.^[9]

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
1999	Orlando Smith		37.3%	5 / 13	5	2nd	Opposition
2003			52.4%	8 / 13	3	1st	Majority government
2007		15,836	39.6%	2 / 13	6	2nd	Opposition
2011		22,858	52.5%	9 / 13	7	1st	Supermajority government
2015		27,070	60.2%	11 / 13	2	1st	Supermajority government
2019	Myron Walwyn	13,499	28.18%	3 / 13	8	2nd	Opposition
2023	Marlon Penn	12,132	26.69%	3 / 13		3rd	Opposition

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