
IN the weeks leading up to the election, the 21 Senatorial candidates made all kinds of promises and commitments on all kinds of subjects.
WELL, that’s it – almost. Fly has waxed and waned, zigged and zagged, flipped and flopped and has come, finally, to a conclusion: elections are good.
THE Jersey Democratic Alliance scored the biggest success for party politics in 60 years as voters also put their faith in youth and newcomers in yesterday’s elections for Deputies.
TWELVE new Deputies were elected and five sitting Members lost their seats in yesterday’s elections. JEP phtographers were there to capture the atmosphere as the results were announced.
TRANSPORT Minister Guy de Faye was the biggest casualty of the night.
TWELVE new Deputies were elected and five sitting Members lost their seats in yesterday’s elections.
After a recount, two Deputies were declared to have lost their seats in St Helier No 3.
There was more success for the Jersey Democratic Alliance in St Helier No 1, where party chairman Trevor Pitman took one of three seats as a newcomer to the States.