Ashma McDougall, victorious candidate in the Dominica by-election - FILE PHOTO
The governing Dominica Labour Party (DLP) maintained its significant majority in the country's 21-member parliament on Wednesday when newcomer Ashma McDougall easily won the Roseau North constituency by-election.
Preliminary results showed that McDougall, a business executive, easily trumped Daniel Luggay of the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP), who had been a parliamentary representative for the constituency on two previous occasions.
She polled 1,506 votes as compared with 983 for Lugay.
A third candidate, Sherman Boston, who contested the seat as an independent, failed to make any meaningful impact, polling just 50 votes.
The Dominica Electoral Office said that 7,489 people had been registered to vote, with just 2,595 of them exercising their rights to cast ballots.
The by-election arose after former Minister, Miriam Blanchard, resigned on June 12 due to ill-health.
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