2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election

General elections were held in Turks and Caicos Islands on 15 December 2016.New date announced for Turks and Caicos general election Jamaica Observer, 31 October 2016 The result was a victory for the People's Democratic Movement (PDM), with Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson becoming the islands' first female Premier.Turks and Caicos elects first female premier Caribbean News Now, 16 December 2016 Following the election outgoing Prime Minister Rufus Ewing resigned as Progressive National Party (PNP) leader and quit politics.Defeated Dr. Rufus Ewing resigns as PNP leader; quits politics Sun TCI, 17 December 2016

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. TCI News Now, 3 September 2012 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.House of Assembly Government of the Turks & Caicos Islands

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.General Election Results - 15 December 2016 Caribbean Elections

Results

By constituency ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes1Grand Turk NorthGeorge LightbourneProgressive National Party305Derek RollePeople's Democratic Movement273Kwame Odinga SmithProgressive Democratic Alliance212Grand Turk South and SaltcayEdwin AstwoodPeople's Democratic Movement399Arthur LightbourneProgressive National Party276Noel Terrence SkippingsProgressive Democratic Alliance66Valerie JenningsIndependent123South CaicosRuth BlackmanProgressive National Party146McAllister Eusene HanchellIndependent97Keno Shamado ForbesPeople's Democratic Movement70Christopher Emanuel HallProgressive Democratic Alliance64Middle and North CaicosRalph HiggsPeople's Democratic Movement262Mark FulfordProgressive National Party2015Leeward (Providenciales)Akierra MissickProgressive National Party376Ezra Ringo Tyrone TaylorPeople's Democratic Movement289Calsada Carolie JohnsonProgressive Democratic Alliance176The Bight (Providenciales)Porsha Stubbs-SmithProgressive National Party285George C.D. PrattPeople's Democratic Movement284Dozzlie McLom DelancyProgressive Democratic Alliance387Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill (Providenciales)Douglas ParnellPeople's Democratic Movement451Amanda MisickProgressive National Party347Charles DelancyProgressive Democratic Alliance438Blue Hills (Providenciales)Mixmillian Goldray EwingPeople's Democratic Movement366Claudine Ewing-PrattProgressive National Party267Ciclyn BeenProgressive Democratic Alliance379Five Cays (Providenciales)Sean Rickard AstwoodPeople's Democratic Movement470Rachel Marshall TaylorProgressive National Party269Bobbie ChambersProgressive Democratic Alliance1510Wheeland (Providenciales)Vaden Delroy WilliamsPeople's Democratic Movement305Dameko Canez DeanProgressive National Party173Hudson James ParkerIndependent23All Island District5 elected at-largeSharlene Cartwright-RobinsonPeople's Democratic Movement3,024Josephine ConnollyPeople's Democratic Movement3,019Derek Hugh TaylorPeople's Democratic Movement2,740Karen Evadne MalcolmPeople's Democratic Movement2,725Washington MisickProgressive National Party2,335Robert A. BeenPeople's Democratic Movement2,314Rufus EwingProgressive National Party2,234John Malcolm Progressive National Party2,011Ricardo Don-Hue GardnerProgressive National Party1,901Sheba Latrice WilsonProgressive National Party1,861Michael MisickIndependent1,629Jasmin WalkinIndependent834Sabrina Elizebeth GreenIndependent675Oswald SkippingsProgressive Democratic Alliance549Clarence Wesley SelverIndependent301Samuel Iotis HarveyProgressive Democratic Alliance255Courtney MissickIndependent240Damian WilsonIndependent206Shirley Louise Clarke-CalcanoProgressive Democratic Alliance178Herbert Andrew Swann Jr.Progressive Democratic Alliance135Oscar O’Brien ForbesIndependent67Source: RTC

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