The result was a victory for the ruling Dominica Labour Party, which won 12 of the 21 seats in the House of Assembly.

The opposition United Workers' Party unsuccessfully made legal challenges to several of the constituency results.

[3][4] Major elections issues included an International Monetary Fund austerity economic plan for Dominica and the Dominica Labour Party government's decision to switch recognition from the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the People's Republic of China.

[9] It was the first election in 35 years where the Dominica Freedom Party—the governing party of Eugenia Charles from 1980 to 1995—did not win any seats.

[16] The appeals court also rejected the lawsuit in April 2006 and the United Workers' Party then dropped the challenges.