1974 United States Virgin Islands general election

1974 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election

← 1970 November 5, 1974 (general) November 19, 1974 (runoff) 1978 →

Nominee Cyril King Alexander Farrelly Melvin H. Evans Party Independent Citizens Democratic Republican Running mate Juan Francisco Luis Ruby M. Rouss Athniel Ottley Popular vote 5,688 general 9,419 runoff 6,564 general 8,670 runoff 3,911 general Eliminated Percentage 35.19% general 52.07% runoff 40.61% general 47.93% runoff 24.20% general Eliminated

Governor before election Melvin H. Evans Republican Elected Governor Cyril King Independent Citizens

The 1974 United States Virgin Islands general election was held in large part on November 5, 1974, with a runoff for the gubernatorial election on November 19, 1974.

Gubernatorial

The 1974 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974, with a runoff on November 19, 1974. Incumbent Republican governor Melvin H. Evans was eliminated in the first round, gaining only 24 percent of the vote.^[1] While Democratic candidate Alexander Farrelly placed first in the general election by 900 votes, Independent Citizens candidate Cyril King won the runoff by under a thousand votes.^[2]

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives

Incumbent Democrat Ron De Lugo won the House election unopposed with eleven thousand votes.^[1]

1974 United States House of Representatives election in the Virgin Islands

← 1972 November 5, 1974 1976 →

Nominee Ron de Lugo Party Democratic Popular vote 11,528 Percentage 100%

Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives before election Ron de Lugo Democratic Elected Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives Ron de Lugo Democratic

Territorial Legislature

The 1974 United States Virgin Islands legislative election was held on November 5, 1974. The Democratic Party won the legislative election with a majority of nine seats, with seven seats in St. Thomas–St. John and two seats in St. Croix. The Independent Citizens Movement won five seats, the at-large district and four seats in St. Croix. The sole Republican Hector Cintron won his seat in St. Croix.^[1]

1974 United States Virgin Islands legislative election

← 1972 November 5, 1974 (1974-11-05) 1976 →
All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Elmo D. Roebuck Claude A. Molloy Hector Cintron Party Democratic Independent Citizens Republican Leader's seat St. Thomas–St. John St. Croix St. Croix Seats before 7 7 1 Seats after 9 5 1 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 55,252 40,893 14,678 Percentage 49.01% 36.27% 13.02%
President before election Claude A. Molloy Independent Citizens Elected President Elmo D. Roebuck Democratic

References

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