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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]
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]
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]
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| 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 | |||||||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Party | Votes | ||
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| 1 | Grand Turk North | George Lightbourne | Progressive National Party | 305 | |
| Derek Rolle | People's Democratic Movement | 273 | |||
| Kwame Odinga Smith | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 21 | |||
| 2 | Grand Turk South and Saltcay | Edwin Astwood | People's Democratic Movement | 399 | |
| Arthur Lightbourne | Progressive National Party | 276 | |||
| Noel Terrence Skippings | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 66 | |||
| Valerie Jennings | Independent | 12 | |||
| 3 | South Caicos | Ruth Blackman | Progressive National Party | 146 | |
| McAllister Eusene Hanchell | Independent | 97 | |||
| Keno Shamado Forbes | People's Democratic Movement | 70 | |||
| Christopher Emanuel Hall | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 6 | |||
| 4 | Middle and North Caicos | Ralph Higgs | People's Democratic Movement | 262 | |
| Mark Fulford | Progressive National Party | 201 | |||
| 5 | Leeward (Providenciales) | Akierra Missick | Progressive National Party | 376 | |
| Ezra Ringo Tyrone Taylor | People's Democratic Movement | 289 | |||
| Calsada Carolie Johnson | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 17 | |||
| 6 | The Bight (Providenciales) | Porsha Stubbs-Smith | Progressive National Party | 285 | |
| George C.D. Pratt | People's Democratic Movement | 284 | |||
| Dozzlie McLom Delancy | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 38 | |||
| 7 | Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill (Providenciales) | Douglas Parnell | People's Democratic Movement | 451 | |
| Amanda Misick | Progressive National Party | 347 | |||
| Charles Delancy | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 43 | |||
| 8 | Blue Hills (Providenciales) | Mixmillian Goldray Ewing | People's Democratic Movement | 366 | |
| Claudine Ewing-Pratt | Progressive National Party | 267 | |||
| Ciclyn Been | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 37 | |||
| 9 | Five Cays (Providenciales) | Sean Rickard Astwood | People's Democratic Movement | 470 | |
| Rachel Marshall Taylor | Progressive National Party | 269 | |||
| Bobbie Chambers | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 15 | |||
| 10 | Wheeland (Providenciales) | Vaden Delroy Williams | People's Democratic Movement | 305 | |
| Dameko Canez Dean | Progressive National Party | 173 | |||
| Hudson James Parker | Independent | 23 | |||
| All Island District 5 elected at-large | |||||
| Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson | People's Democratic Movement | 3,024 | |||
| Josephine Connolly | People's Democratic Movement | 3,019 | |||
| Derek Hugh Taylor | People's Democratic Movement | 2,740 | |||
| Karen Evadne Malcolm | People's Democratic Movement | 2,725 | |||
| Washington Misick | Progressive National Party | 2,335 | |||
| Robert A. Been | People's Democratic Movement | 2,314 | |||
| Rufus Ewing | Progressive National Party | 2,234 | |||
| John Malcolm | Progressive National Party | 2,011 | |||
| Ricardo Don-Hue Gardner | Progressive National Party | 1,901 | |||
| Sheba Latrice Wilson | Progressive National Party | 1,861 | |||
| Michael Misick | Independent | 1,629 | |||
| Jasmin Walkin | Independent | 834 | |||
| Sabrina Elizebeth Green | Independent | 675 | |||
| Oswald Skippings | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 549 | |||
| Clarence Wesley Selver | Independent | 301 | |||
| Samuel Iotis Harvey | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 255 | |||
| Courtney Missick | Independent | 240 | |||
| Damian Wilson | Independent | 206 | |||
| Shirley Louise Clarke-Calcano | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 178 | |||
| Herbert Andrew Swann Jr. | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 135 | |||
| Oscar O’Brien Forbes | Independent | 67 | |||
| Source: RTC | |||||
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