Maduro only won by a single vote, and O'Neal would change allegiance to the Virgin Islands Party before the next general election.

Two candidates running as independents, Walwyn Brewley and former Chief Minister Cyril Romney, were elected.

Although Stoutt had lost the previous election, former Chief Minister Cyril Romney had been forced to step down on 1 October 1986 by Governor David Barwick, and so Stoutt had assumed Premiership by virtue of leadership of the largest party in the house prior to the election.

Although Romney was not personally implicated in the money laundering scheme, he was serving as Chief Minister at the time, the Legislative Council resolved to debate a no-confidence motion, and Governor Barwick ordered Romney to step down.

To preempt the motion, Romney dissolved the Legislative Council and called a general election.