Having tilted to the AFC and APNU in the 2011 general elections, Region Eight has swung back to the PPP/C with the party gaining the most votes in the Regional Elections thus gaining control of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC).
The APNU+AFC alliance managed to win the Region at the national level by one vote. The alliance gained 1,837 votes from the region at the national level while the PPP/C snagged 1,836 votes. For the regional election, the coalition lost to the PPP/C by just 46 votes. The coalition garnered 1,791 votes while the PPP had 1,837.
What was surprising to members of the APNU+AFC in Region 8 was how many votes the PPP/C was able to
