2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election
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]
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the Turks and Caicos Islands |
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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| Party | District | At-large | Total seats |
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| 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 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Total | 6,238 | 100 | 10 | 29,233 | 100 | 5 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,732 | 80.68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Source: RTC | ||||||||||||||
By constituency
| Constituency | Candidate | Party | Votes | ||
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| 1 | Grand Turk North | George Lightbourne | PNP | 305 | |
| Derek Rolle | PDM | 273 | |||
| Kwame Odinga Smith | PDA | 21 | |||
| 2 | Grand Turk South and Saltcay | Edwin Astwood | PDM | 399 | |
| Arthur Lightbourne | PNP | 276 | |||
| Noel Terrence Skippings | PDA | 66 | |||
| Valerie Jennings | Independent | 12 | |||
| 3 | South Caicos | Ruth Blackman | PNP | 146 | |
| McAllister Eusene Hanchell | Independent | 97 | |||
| Keno Shamado Forbes | PDM | 70 | |||
| Christopher Emanuel Hall | PDA | 6 | |||
| 4 | Middle and North Caicos | Ralph Higgs | PDM | 262 | |
| Mark Fulford | PNP | 201 | |||
| 5 | Leeward (Providenciales) | Akierra Missick | PNP | 376 | |
| Ezra Ringo Tyrone Taylor | PDM | 289 | |||
| Calsada Carolie Johnson | PDA | 17 | |||
| 6 | The Bight (Providenciales) | Porsha Stubbs-Smith | PNP | 285 | |
| George C.D. Pratt | PDM | 284 | |||
| Dozzlie McLom Delancy | PDA | 38 | |||
| 7 | Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill (Providenciales) | Douglas Parnell | PDM | 451 | |
| Amanda Misick | PNP | 347 | |||
| Charles Delancy | PDA | 43 | |||
| 8 | Blue Hills (Providenciales) | Mixmillian Goldray Ewing | PDM | 366 | |
| Claudine Ewing-Pratt | PNP | 267 | |||
| Ciclyn Been | PDA | 37 | |||
| 9 | Five Cays (Providenciales) | Sean Rickard Astwood | PDM | 470 | |
| Rachel Marshall Taylor | PNP | 269 | |||
| Bobbie Chambers | PDA | 15 | |||
| 10 | Wheeland (Providenciales) | Vaden Delroy Williams | PDM | 305 | |
| Dameko Canez Dean | PNP | 173 | |||
| Hudson James Parker | Independent | 23 | |||
| All Island District 5 elected at-large | |||||
| Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson | PDM | 3,024 | |||
| Josephine Connolly | PDM | 3,019 | |||
| Derek Hugh Taylor | PDM | 2,740 | |||
| Karen Evadne Malcolm | PDM | 2,725 | |||
| Washington Misick | PNP | 2,335 | |||
| Robert A. Been | PDM | 2314 | |||
| Rufus Ewing | PNP | 2234 | |||
| John Malcolm | PNP | 2011 | |||
| Ricardo Don-Hue Gardner | PNP | 1901 | |||
| Sheba Latrice Wilson | PNP | 1861 | |||
| Michael Misick | Independent | 1629 | |||
| Jasmin Walkin | Independent | 834 | |||
| Sabrina Elizebeth Green | Independent | 675 | |||
| Oswald Skippings | PDA | 549 | |||
| Clarence Wesley Selver | Independent | 301 | |||
| Samuel Iotis Harvey | PDA | 255 | |||
| Courtney Missick | Independent | 240 | |||
| Damian Wilson | Independent | 206 | |||
| Shirley Louise Clarke-Calcano | PDA | 178 | |||
| Herbert Andrew Swann jr. | PDA | 135 | |||
| Oscar O’Brien Forbes | Independent | 67 | |||
| Source: RTC | |||||
References
- New date announced for Turks and Caicos general election Jamaica Observer, 31 October 2016
- Turks and Caicos elects first female premier Caribbean News Now, 16 December 2016
- Defeated Dr. Rufus Ewing resigns as PNP leader; quits politics Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine Sun TCI, 17 December 2016
- Basic election ballot rules released Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine TCI News Now, 3 September 2012
- House of Assembly Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Turks & Caicos Islands
- General Election Results - 15 December 2016 Caribbean Elections