The OAS was invited by the GoB to observe the 2012 Elections. This is the preliminary Report which they presented to the Press on Thursday March 8, 2012. It is damning of the Election activities of the governing party--reference the sections in Bold. The PUP under Francis Fonseca in a Short time gained enough traction to increase their number of seats from 6 to 14 and the UDP under Dean Barrow lost 9 seats when that part went from 25 to 17. It was an extremely close election 14 to 17 seats with 4 seats have narrow margins. The PUP as a party has not conceded as they are mounting challenges in several divisions.