Election rout

HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC):

Premier David Burt’s decision to call a snap general election paid off handsomely on Thursday as the ruling Progressive Labour Party (PLP) scored a crushing 30 seats to six victory over the main opposition One Bermuda Alliance (OBA). Burt said now is the time for the British Overseas Territory to unite “with an incredibly difficult road ahead”.

According to preliminary results, the PLP won more than 60 per cent of the total vote in the three-way contest, but the turnout was one of the lowest in decades as more than 44 per cent of the electorate did not vote.

“We have an incredibly difficult road ahead for this country and it is going to require us all to work together, whether we be government, opposition, business, unions and citizens,” Burt told cheering supporters.