Turks and Caicos Islands Election Centre

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Voters in the Turks and Caicos Islands went to the polls on Thursday, 15 December 2016 to elect members to the House of Assembly. Caribbean Elections provides information and current news for voters, students, teachers on the election and the Turks and Caicos Islands electoral process.


PARTIES	DISTRICTS	2016 CANDIDATES	2016 RESULTS	PAST RESULTS	EDUCATION

POLITICAL PARTIES

PDM People's Democratic Movement

Sharlene CARTWRIGHT ROBINSON Political Leader

PNP Progressive National Party

Rufus Washington EWING Political Leader

PDA Progressive Demicratic Alliance

Oswald SKIPPINGS Political Leader

OVERVIEW OF ELECTORAL SYSTEM

The Turks and Caicos Islands elects on territorial level a legislature. The House of Assembly has 19 members, 15 members elected for a four-year term in 10 single-seat constituencies, and one at-large constitutency; and 4 nominated members.

Head of State	Inherited monarchy with a Governor appointed by the Briish Monarch

Head of Government	Chief Minister appointed by Governor

Structure of Parliament	Unicameral Legislative Council with 19 seats

Electoral Law	Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands

Constituencies	10 single-member electoral districts + 1 All island district with 5 representatives

Voting System	The House of Assembly has 19 members - 10 members elected for a four-year term in single-seat electoral districts; five at large seats eleced in an All Island district (also in a first-past-the-post system); and and four appointed by the Governor after the elections (two at his own discretion, and two following consultations with the new Prime Minister and Lleader of the Opposition).

Term of Office	4 years

Voter Requirements	Age: 18 years A person shall be qualified to be registered as an elector for elections of the members of Legislative Council if: - he has attained the age of 18 years - he is resident in the Islands and has been so resident for not less than 12 months, in the aggregate, out of the two years immediately preceding the qualifying date and -he falls into one of the following categories: i) he was born in the Islands or ii) he was born outside the Islands of a father or mother either of whom was born in the Islands or iii) he has, under the law in force in the Islands regulating immigration, the status of 'Belonger'

Candidate Eligibility and Requirements	A person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the Legislative Council if - he has attained the age of 21 years - is on the date of his nomination for election resident in the Islands and has been so resident for not less than 12 months, in the aggregate, out of the 2 years immediately preceding the date and - fall into one of the following categories: i) he was born in the Islands ii) he was born outside the Islands of a father or mother either of whom was born in the Islands or iii) he has, under the law in force in the Islands regulating immigration, the status of 'Belonger'

Electoral Authority	Supervisor of Elections

Last Elections	15 December 2016

Next Elections	December 2020

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

	ED 1: Grand Turk North
	ED 2: Grand Turk South & Salt Cay
	ED 3: South Caicos
	ED 4: North & Middle Caicos
	ED 5: Leeward, Providenciales
	ED 6: The Bight, Providenciales
	ED 7: Cheshire Hall & Richmond Hill
	ED 8: Blue Hills, Providenciales
	ED 9: Five Cays, Providenciales
	ED 10: Wheeland, Providenciales
	All Island District

VOTER EDUCATION

PAST ELECTIONS

Year	Polling Date	Winning Party					Total Seats	Voter Turnout
Year	Polling Date		Party	Leader	% Votes	Seats	Total Seats	Voter Turnout
1976	Wed, 29 Sep 1976		People's Democratic Movement	McCARTNEY, James A.G.S.	39.87%	5	11	81.34%

1980	Tue, 4 Nov 1980		Progressive National Party	SAUNDERS, Norman	60.32%	8	11	84.06%

1984	Tue, 29 May 1984		Progressive National Party	SAUNDERS, Norman	61.20%	8	11	85.26%

1988	Thu, 03 Mar 1988		People's Democratic Movement	SKIPPINGS, Oswald D.O.	59.76%	11	13	81.68%

1991	Wed, 03 Apr 1991		Progressive National Party	MISICK, C. Washington	51.56%	8	13	80.32%

1995	Thu, 02 Feb 1995		People's Democratic Movement	TAYLOR, Derek Hugh	49.99%	8	13	77.28%

1999	Thu, 04 Mar 1999		People's Democratic Movement	TAYLOR, Derek Hugh	52.22%	9	13	85.01%

2003	Thu, 24 Apr 2003		People's Democratic Movement	TAYLOR, Derek Hugh	50.20%	7	13	84.40%

2007	Fri, 09 Feb 2007		Progressive National Party	MISICK, Michael Eugene	60.83%	13	15	86.02%

2012	Fri, 09 Nov, 2012		Progressive National Party	EWING, Rufus Washington	44.89%	8	15	87.13%

2016	Thu, 15 Dec 2016		People's Democratic Movement	CARTWRIGHT ROBINSON, Sharlene	51.20%	10	15	80.41%

VOTING TRENDS

ELECTION REPORTS

Year	Report	Download
2003	Preliminary Statement issed by the CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission to the by Election in the Turks and Caicos Islands 7 August 2003

2007	Preliminary Statement issed by the CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission to the General Elections in the Turks and Caicos Islands on February 2007

2012	Final Report of The Joint Election Observer Mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands Elections Conducted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association British Islands & Mediterranean Region (CPA BIMR) and the Association of Caibbean Electoral Organizations (ACEO), Turks and Caicos Islands 9 November 2012 Legislative Assembly Elections

2016	Final Report of The Election Observation Mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands Elections, Carried out by the British Islands & Mediterranean Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA BIMR), 15 December 2016 Elections to the Hosue of Assembly

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