2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election explained

Country:Turks and Caicos Islands
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:2012 Turks and Caicos Islands general election
Previous Year:2012
Next Election:2021 Turks and Caicos Islands general election
Election Date:15 December 2016
Seats For Election:15 of the 21 seats in the House of Assembly
Party1:People's Democratic Movement (Turks and Caicos Islands)
Image1:Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson.jpg
Leader1:Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson
Last Election1:7
Seats1:10
Seat Change1: 3
Party2:Progressive National Party (Turks and Caicos Islands)
Leader2:Rufus Ewing
Last Election2:8
Seats2:5
Seat Change2: 3
Premier
Before Election:Rufus Ewing
Before Party:PNP
After Election:Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson
After Party:PDM
Election Name:2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election
Next Year:2021

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

By constituency

ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes
1Grand Turk NorthGeorge LightbourneProgressive National Party305
Derek RollePeople's Democratic Movement273
Kwame Odinga SmithProgressive Democratic Alliance21
2Grand Turk South and SaltcayEdwin AstwoodPeople's Democratic Movement399
Arthur LightbourneProgressive National Party276
Noel Terrence SkippingsProgressive Democratic Alliance66
Valerie JenningsIndependent12
3South CaicosRuth BlackmanProgressive National Party146
McAllister Eusene HanchellIndependent97
Keno Shamado ForbesPeople's Democratic Movement70
Christopher Emanuel HallProgressive Democratic Alliance6
4Middle and North CaicosRalph HiggsPeople's Democratic Movement262
Mark FulfordProgressive National Party201
5Leeward (Providenciales)Akierra MissickProgressive National Party376
Ezra Ringo Tyrone TaylorPeople's Democratic Movement289
Calsada Carolie JohnsonProgressive Democratic Alliance17
6The Bight (Providenciales)Porsha Stubbs-SmithProgressive National Party285
George C.D. PrattPeople's Democratic Movement284
Dozzlie McLom DelancyProgressive Democratic Alliance38
7Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill (Providenciales)Douglas ParnellPeople's Democratic Movement451
Amanda MisickProgressive National Party347
Charles DelancyProgressive Democratic Alliance43
8Blue Hills (Providenciales)Mixmillian Goldray EwingPeople's Democratic Movement366
Claudine Ewing-PrattProgressive National Party267
Ciclyn BeenProgressive Democratic Alliance37
9Five Cays (Providenciales)Sean Rickard AstwoodPeople's Democratic Movement470
Rachel Marshall TaylorProgressive National Party269
Bobbie ChambersProgressive Democratic Alliance15
10Wheeland (Providenciales)Vaden Delroy WilliamsPeople's Democratic Movement305
Dameko Canez DeanProgressive National Party173
Hudson James ParkerIndependent23
All Island District
5 elected at-large
Sharlene Cartwright-RobinsonPeople's Democratic Movement3,024
Josephine ConnollyPeople's Democratic Movement3,019
Derek Hugh TaylorPeople's Democratic Movement2,740
Karen Evadne MalcolmPeople's Democratic Movement2,725
Washington MisickProgressive National Party2,335
Robert A. BeenPeople's Democratic Movement2,314
Rufus EwingProgressive National Party2,234
John Malcolm Progressive National Party2,011
Ricardo Don-Hue GardnerProgressive National Party1,901
Sheba Latrice WilsonProgressive National Party1,861
Michael MisickIndependent1,629
Jasmin WalkinIndependent834
Sabrina Elizebeth GreenIndependent675
Oswald SkippingsProgressive Democratic Alliance549
Clarence Wesley SelverIndependent301
Samuel Iotis HarveyProgressive Democratic Alliance255
Courtney MissickIndependent240
Damian WilsonIndependent206
Shirley Louise Clarke-CalcanoProgressive Democratic Alliance178
Herbert Andrew Swann Jr.Progressive Democratic Alliance135
Oscar O’Brien ForbesIndependent67
align=left colspan=6Source: RTC

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/New-date-announced-for-Turks-and-Caicos-general-election New date announced for Turks and Caicos general election
  2. http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-Turks-and-Caicos-elects-first-female-premier-32884.html Turks and Caicos elects first female premier
  3. http://suntci.com/defeated-dr-rufus-ewing-resigns-as-pnp-leader-quits-politics-p2552-108.htm Defeated Dr. Rufus Ewing resigns as PNP leader; quits politics
  4. http://www.tcinewsnow.com/local.php?news_id=5455&start=&category_id=2 Basic election ballot rules released
  5. https://www.gov.tc/government/house-of-assembly House of Assembly
  6. http://www.caribbeanelections.com/tc/elections/tc_results_2016.asp General Election Results - 15 December 2016

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