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General elections were held in Anguilla on 29 June 2020. [1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an Order in Council was made to allow the elections to be postponed until 11 September at the latest. [2] However it was not invoked.
The 13-member House of Assembly consists of seven members elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, four at-large members elected from the entire island by plurality at-large voting and two ex officio members. [3] [4] Voters may vote up to four candidates in the at-large seats, which replaced two appointees. [5] Voters must be at least 18 years old, whilst candidates must be at least 21. [5]
For Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers (Anguilla Progressive Movement candidate in Valley South): [6]
For Haydn Hughes (Anguilla Progressive Movement candidate in Road South): [7]
The ruling Anguilla United Front (which won six of the seven elected seats in 2015) nominated a full slate of eleven candidates in November 2019. [8] The opposition Anguilla Progressive Movement also nominated eleven candidates in December 2019. [9]
Party | Constituency | At-large | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Anguilla Progressive Movement | 3,689 | 51.33 | 4 | 11,971 | 42.80 | 3 | 7 | +7 | |
Anguilla United Front | 3,170 | 44.11 | 3 | 9,820 | 35.11 | 1 | 4 | −2 | |
Independents | 328 | 4.56 | 0 | 6,181 | 22.10 | 0 | 0 | −1 | |
Ex offico members | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Total | 7,187 | 100.00 | 7 | 27,972 | 100.00 | 4 | 13 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 7,187 | 98.55 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 106 | 1.45 | |||||||
Total votes | 7,293 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 11,951 | 61.02 | |||||||
Source: Central Electoral Office, Central Electoral Office |
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