Country: | Isle of Man |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2011 Manx general election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | 2021 Manx general election |
Next Year: | 2021 |
Elected Members: | List of members of the House of Keys, 2016–2021 |
Seats For Election: | All 24 seats in the House of Keys |
Election Date: | 22 September 2016 |
Turnout: | 52.96% |
Party1: | Independents |
Seats1: | 21 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 52,202 |
Percentage1: | 92.98% |
Party2: | Liberal Vannin Party |
Seats2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 3,597 |
Percentage2: | 6.36% |
Chief Minister | |
Before Election: | Allan Bell |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | Howard Quayle |
After Party: | Independent politician |
General elections were held in the Isle of Man on 22 September 2016.[1] Independents won 21 of the 24 seats in the House of Keys. A record number of women were elected (5, or 21% of the House).[2]
Following changes to the electoral system ahead of the elections, the 24 members of the House of Keys were elected from 12 constituencies, each of which returned 2 members. Previously constituencies had varied in size from one to three seats.[3] Election is by multiple non-transferable vote in each constituency, with voters having two votes (of which they may choose to use only one) for the two seats.