Marigot:--- Based on the official results released from the Prefecture of St. Martin, Guillaume Arnell, 3rd Vice President of the Collectivity of St. Martin won at ten of the polling stations on St. Martin for the second round of the legislative elections held last Saturday. Of the 17,857 registered voters on St. Martin only 6,646 (37.22%) cast their ballots on Saturday. Daniel Gibbs received 2997 (46.70%) of the votes cast on St. Martin while Guillaume Arnell received 3,420 (53.30%) of the votes cast on St. Martin.However, the decision to choose the deputy for St. Martin and St. Barths was taken by the voters on St. Barths. While there are 4,881 registered voters on that island, 1,508 (77.21%) voters cast their ballot on Saturday, of that amount, 1111 (77.21%) voted for Daniel Gibbs and his replacement Karine Miot Richards while 328 (22.79%) voted in favor of Guillaume Arnell and his replacement Ines Bouchaut Choisy.
After the overall votes were tallied it clearly showed that Daniel Gibbs emerged winner of the election based on the voters on St. Barths and not those on St. Martin. Gibbs received 4108 (52.29%) votes while Guillaume Arnell received 3748 (47.71%).
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