18 March 2021
St Helena went to the Polls yesterday, Wednesday 17 March 2021, to find out whether the public wanted to see a change to the Current System of Governance and, if so, whether a Revised Committee System or a Ministerial System of Governance would be preferred.
Following the closing of the Polling Stations at 7pm, a count was held at the St Helena Community College.
The results portray that the majority of those who voted wanted a change to the Current System of Governance. Of those who voted, more voted for a Ministerial System of Governance than a Revised Committee System.
The votes were broken down as follows:
Total Number of Ballots: 372 (17.3% of eligible voters on the Register of Electors and Supplemental List of Individuals for this Poll)
Spoilt Ballots: 1
Valid Ballots: 371
Total Responses to Q1: 361 (97.3% of Valid Ballots)
| Q1: Do you want the current system of governance to be changed? | ||
| Yes | 286 | Representing 79.2% of responses to Q1 |
| No | 75 | Representing 20.8% of responses to Q1 |
Total Responses to Q2: 336 (90.6% of Valid Ballots)
| Q2: If the public will is for a change to the current system of governance, should the governance system be changed to: | ||
| a) Revised Committee System | 151 | Representing 44.9% of responses to Q2 |
| b) Ministerial System | 185 | Representing 55.1% of responses to Q2 |
| Votes Cast by District | ||
| Jamestown | 70 | 18.8% of total ballots cast |
| St Paul’s | 99 | 26.6% of total ballots cast |
| Half Tree Hollow | 70 | 18.8% of total ballots cast |
| Alarm Forest | 52 | 14.0% of total ballots cast |
| Levelwood | 4 | 1.1% of total ballots cast |
| Sandy Bay | 14 | 3.8% of total ballots cast |
| Blue Hill | 17 | 4.6% of total ballots cast |
| Longwood | 46 | 12.4% of total ballots cast |
Thanks are extended to all who took the time to cast their vote in this important Poll for St Helena.
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18 March 2021