 The Government was criticised for signing a number of no-bid petty contracts with various local businesses in the last few days before the voting, although such practices are relatively commonplace in the British Virgin Islands.The ruling National Democratic Party won in convincing fashion, and had secured victory early in the night solely on the basis of the district seats (results for the at-large seats take longer to count and normally only come in the next day).In the event, the NDP won all four at-large seats as well to complete a landslide victory, becoming the first party to win back-to-back elections in the British Virgin Islands since the Virgin Islands Party achieved the feat in the 1999 general election.