2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election

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2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election
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  2012 15 December 2016 2021  

15 of the 21 seats in the House of Assembly
 First partySecond party
  Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson.jpg Rufus Ewing 2013 (cropped).jpg
Leader Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson Rufus Ewing
Party PDM PNP
Last election78
Seats won105
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3

Turks and Caicos general election results, 2016.svg

Premier before election

Rufus Ewing
PNP

Elected Premier

Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson
PDM

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]

Contents

Electoral system

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

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

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PartyDistrictAt-largeTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
People's Democratic Movement 3,16951.20613,82247.28410+3
Progressive National Party 2,64542.74410,34235.3815–3
Progressive Democratic Alliance2433.9301,1173.8200New
Independents1322.1303,95213.52000
Nominated members40
Ex officio members20
Total6,189100.001029,233100.005210
Valid votes6,18999.21
Invalid/blank votes490.79
Total votes6,238100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,73280.68
Source: RTC

By constituency

ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes
1Grand Turk NorthGeorge LightbournePNP305
Derek RollePDM273
Kwame Odinga SmithPDA21
2Grand Turk South and SaltcayEdwin AstwoodPDM399
Arthur LightbournePNP276
Noel Terrence SkippingsPDA66
Valerie JenningsIndependent12
3South Caicos Ruth Blackman PNP146
McAllister Eusene HanchellIndependent97
Keno Shamado ForbesPDM70
Christopher Emanuel HallPDA6
4Middle and North CaicosRalph HiggsPDM262
Mark FulfordPNP201
5Leeward (Providenciales) Akierra Missick PNP376
Ezra Ringo Tyrone TaylorPDM289
Calsada Carolie JohnsonPDA17
6The Bight (Providenciales) Porsha Stubbs-Smith PNP285
George C.D. PrattPDM284
Dozzlie McLom DelancyPDA38
7Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill (Providenciales)Douglas ParnellPDM451
Amanda MisickPNP347
Charles DelancyPDA43
8Blue Hills (Providenciales)Mixmillian Goldray EwingPDM366
Claudine Ewing-PrattPNP267
Ciclyn BeenPDA37
9Five Cays (Providenciales)Sean Rickard AstwoodPDM470
Rachel Marshall TaylorPNP269
Bobbie ChambersPDA15
10Wheeland (Providenciales)Vaden Delroy WilliamsPDM305
Dameko Canez DeanPNP173
Hudson James ParkerIndependent23
All Island District
5 elected at-large
Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson PDM3,024
Josephine Connolly PDM3,019
Derek Hugh Taylor PDM2,740
Karen Evadne Malcolm PDM2,725
Washington Misick PNP2,335
Robert A. BeenPDM2,314
Rufus Ewing PNP2,234
John MalcolmPNP2,011
Ricardo Don-Hue GardnerPNP1,901
Sheba Latrice WilsonPNP1,861
Michael Misick Independent1,629
Jasmin WalkinIndependent834
Sabrina Elizebeth GreenIndependent675
Oswald Skippings PDA549
Clarence Wesley SelverIndependent301
Samuel Iotis HarveyPDA255
Courtney MissickIndependent240
Damian WilsonIndependent206
Shirley Louise Clarke-CalcanoPDA178
Herbert Andrew Swann jr.PDA135
Oscar O’Brien ForbesIndependent67
Source: RTC

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References

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