2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election

2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election

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15 of the 21 seats in the House of Assembly
First party Second party   Leader Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson Rufus Ewing Party PDM PNP Last election 7 8 Seats won 10 5 Seat change 3 3
Premier before election Rufus Ewing PNP Elected Premier Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson PDM

Politics of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Constitution
Monarchy Sovereign Charles III Governor Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam Deputy Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands Anya Williams
Executive Premier Washington Misick Cabinet
Legislative House of Assembly Speaker: Gordon Burton
Elections Recent elections General: 2007 2012 2016 2021 Political parties Progressive National Party (PNP) People's Democratic Movement (PDM)
Administrative divisions
Citizenship Belonger status British Overseas Territories citizen Passport Visa requirements
Foreign relations Proposed unification with Canada
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General elections were held in Turks and Caicos Islands on 15 December 2016.^[1] The result was a victory for the People's Democratic Movement (PDM), with Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson becoming the islands' first female Premier.^[2] Following the election outgoing Prime Minister Rufus Ewing resigned as Progressive National Party (PNP) leader and quit politics.^[3]

Electoral system[edit]

At the time of the election, the House of Assembly had 15 elected members and four appointed members. The 15 elected members were elected by two methods; ten were elected from single-member constituencies, with five elected on an at-large basis, with voters able to vote for up to five candidates at the national level.^[4] The four appointed members include one nominated by the Premier, one nominated by the Leader of the Opposition and two members appointed by the Governor.^[5]

Campaign[edit]

A total of 31 candidates contested the 10 single-member constituencies; the PDM and PNP both ran full slates of 10 candidates, whilst the Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) had eight. The remaining three candidates were independents. There were also 21 candidates in the at-large constituency, five each from the PDM and PNP, four from the PDA and seven independents.^[6]

Results[edit]

Party		District			At-large			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	People's Democratic Movement	3,169	51.20	6	13,822	47.28	4	10	+3
	Progressive National Party	2,645	42.74	4	10,342	35.38	1	5	–3
	Progressive Democratic Alliance	243	3.93	0	1,117	3.82	0	0	New
	Independents	132	2.13	0	3,952	13.52	0	0	0
Nominated members								4	0
Ex officio members								2	0
Total		6,189	100.00	10	29,233	100.00	5	21	0
Valid votes		6,189	99.21
Invalid/blank votes		49	0.79
Total votes		6,238	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,732	80.68
Source: RTC

By constituency[edit]

References[edit]