a coalition government together with the sole independent MP. Although the NPLM held three seats and the MDP one, MDP leader Lowell Lewis became Chief Minister. The 2009 elections were won by the MCAP, which took six of the nine seats. In 2011 the Legislative Council was abolished and replaced by the Legislative Assembly. In the first elections to the new body in 2014, the MCAP was defeated by the new People's Democratic Movement, which won seven seats. Electoral system The nine members of the Legislative Assembly are elected for five-year terms in a single constituency in which voters can vote for nine candidates. The island is split into six polling divisions for vote counting. References External links Election Commission