2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election

2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election
15 of the 21 seats in the House of Assembly
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]

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



Party		District			At-large			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total 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

By constituency

Constituency		Candidate		Votes
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
4	Middle and North Caicos	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

References

^ New date announced for Turks and Caicos general election Archived 2016-11-04 at the Wayback Machine Jamaica Observer, 31 October 2016
^ Turks and Caicos elects first female premier Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 22 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean Elections

[1] New date announced for Turks and Caicos general election Archived 2016-11-04 at the Wayback Machine Jamaica Observer, 31 October 2016

[2] Turks and Caicos elects first female premier Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean News Now, 16 December 2016

[3] Defeated Dr. Rufus Ewing resigns as PNP leader; quits politics Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine Sun TCI, 17 December 2016

[4] Basic election ballot rules released Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine TCI News Now, 3 September 2012

[5] House of Assembly Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Turks & Caicos Islands

[6] General Election Results - 15 December 2016 Archived 22 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean Elections

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