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General elections were held in the Cayman Islands on 20 May 2009 alongside a referendum on a draft constitution. The opposition United Democratic Party defeated the incumbent People's Progressive Movement. [1]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| United Democratic Party | 17,629 | 44.47 | 9 | +4 | |
| People's Progressive Movement | 11,645 | 29.38 | 5 | –4 | |
| Independents | 10,366 | 26.15 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 39,640 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 12,204 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 15,338 | 79.57 | |||
| Source: Elections Office | |||||
| District | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Bodden Town | Mark Scotland | United Democratic Party | 1,453 | 51.62 | |
| Anthony Eden | People's Progressive Movement | 1,394 | 49.52 | ||
| Dwayne Seymour | United Democratic Party | 1,030 | 36.59 | ||
| Osbourne Bodden | People's Progressive Movement | 992 | 35.24 | ||
| Charles Clifford | People's Progressive Movement | 932 | 33.11 | ||
| Theresa Lewis-Pitcairn | Independent | 896 | 31.83 | ||
| Gilbert McLean | Independent | 546 | 19.40 | ||
| Justin Woods | Independent | 486 | 17.26 | ||
| Sandra Catron | Independent | 144 | 5.12 | ||
| Vincent R. Frederick | Independent | 113 | 4.01 | ||
| Cayman Brac and Little Cayman | Moses Ian Kirkconnell | People's Progressive Movement | 473 | 59.05 | |
| Julianna O'Connor-Connolly | United Democratic Party | 467 | 58.30 | ||
| Lyndon Leathon Martin | Independent | 300 | 37.45 | ||
| Maxine Avon Moore-Mccoy | Independent | 80 | 9.99 | ||
| East End | Arden McLean | People's Progressive Movement | 304 | 59.61 | |
| John Bonwell McLean Jr. | Independent | 206 | 40.39 | ||
| George Town | Kurt Tibbetts | People's Progressive Movement | 2,181 | 47.68 | |
| Mike Adam | United Democratic Party | 2,110 | 46.13 | ||
| Alden McLaughlin | People's Progressive Movement | 2,081 | 45.50 | ||
| Ellio Solomon | United Democratic Party | 1,845 | 40.34 | ||
| Jonathan Piercy | United Democratic Party | 1,658 | 36.25 | ||
| Lucille Dell Seymour | People's Progressive Movement | 1,631 | 35.66 | ||
| Alfonso Wright | People's Progressive Movement | 1,472 | 32.18 | ||
| Pearlina McGaw-Lumsden | United Democratic Party | 1,413 | 30.89 | ||
| C. Walling Whittaker | Independent | 981 | 21.45 | ||
| Derrington Bo Miller | Independent | 808 | 17.67 | ||
| W. Burns Conolly | Independent | 784 | 17.14 | ||
| Eddie Kendall Thompson | Independent | 510 | 11.15 | ||
| Frank Swarres McField | Independent | 216 | 4.72 | ||
| North Side | Denison Ezzard Miller | Independent | 253 | 50.80 | |
| Joseph Ebanks | People's Progressive Movement | 185 | 37.15 | ||
| Oswell M. Rankine | Independent | 60 | 12.05 | ||
| West Bay | McKeeva Bush | United Democratic Party | 2,152 | 71.59 | |
| Rolston Anglin | United Democratic Party | 2,049 | 68.16 | ||
| Cline Glidden | United Democratic Party | 1,818 | 60.48 | ||
| A. Eugene Ebanks | United Democratic Party | 1,634 | 54.36 | ||
| Bernie A. Bush | Independent | 1,193 | 39.69 | ||
| Woodward Jerome Dacosta | Independent | 875 | 29.11 | ||
| Paul Desmond Rivers | Independent | 741 | 24.65 | ||
| Reginald Delapenha | Independent | 627 | 20.86 | ||
| Lana Mae Smith | Independent | 411 | 13.67 | ||
| Henry Ormon Morgan | Independent | 107 | 3.56 | ||
| Dora Elizabeth Ebanks | Independent | 29 | 0.96 | ||
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