General elections were held in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 19 February 2021 to elect members of the House of Assembly.[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Progressive National Party, which won 14 of the 15 seats in the House.
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Electoral system
editAt the time of the election, the House of Assembly has 21 members : 15 elected members, four appointed members and two ex officio 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.[2]
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.[3] In addition, the Attorney General and the Speaker are ex officio members.
Results
editParty | District | At-large | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Progressive National Party | 3,572 | 55.29 | 9 | 17,111 | 56.34 | 5 | 14 | +9 | |
People's Democratic Movement | 2,888 | 44.71 | 1 | 12,082 | 39.78 | 0 | 1 | –9 | |
Progressive Democratic Alliance | 89 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Independents | 1,090 | 3.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Nominated members | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Ex officio members | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Total | 6,460 | 100.00 | 10 | 30,372 | 100.00 | 5 | 21 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 6,460 | 100.00 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Total votes | 6,460 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,581 | 75.28 | |||||||
Source: Elections Department, gov.tc |
By constituency
editConstituency | Candidate | Party | Votes | ||||||
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1 | Grand Turk North | Otis Chuck Morris | Progressive National Party | 362 | |||||
Temard Rudardo Butterfield | People's Democratic Movement | 239 | |||||||
2 | Grand Turk South and Saltcay | Edwin Astwood | People's Democratic Movement | 414 | |||||
Leshun Sebastian Missick | Progressive National Party | 297 | |||||||
3 | South Caicos | John Jamael Malcolm | Progressive National Party | 190 | |||||
Patrease Thomas | People's Democratic Movement | 109 | |||||||
4 | Middle and North Caicos | Arlington Alexander Musgrove | Progressive National Party | 293 | |||||
Ralph Lewis Higgs | People's Democratic Movement | 220 | |||||||
5 | Leeward (Providenciales) | Akierra Missick | Progressive National Party | 460 | |||||
Gertrude Forbes | People's Democratic Movement | 249 | |||||||
6 | The Bight (Providenciales) | Matthew Timothy Stubbs | Progressive National Party | 367 | |||||
Audric Skippings | People's Democratic Movement | 299 | |||||||
7 | Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill (Providenciales) | Samuel Ernest Been | Progressive National Party | 487 | |||||
Douglas Parnell | People's Democratic Movement | 411 | |||||||
8 | Blue Hills (Providenciales) | Randy Dexter Howell | Progressive National Party | 333 | |||||
Goldray Ewing | People's Democratic Movement | 318 | |||||||
9 | Five Cays (Providenciales) | Rachel Marshall Taylor | Progressive National Party | 510 | |||||
Sean Rickard Astwood | People's Democratic Movement | 369 | |||||||
10 | Wheeland (Providenciales) | Kyle Knowles | Progressive National Party | 273 | |||||
Vaden Delroy Williams | People's Democratic Movement | 270 | |||||||
All Island District 5 elected at-large | |||||||||
Washington Misick | Progressive National Party | 3,594 | |||||||
Erwin Jay Saunders | Progressive National Party | 3,478 | |||||||
Josephine Connolly | Progressive National Party | 3,464 | |||||||
Jamell Rayan Robionson | Progressive National Party | 3,418 | |||||||
Shaun David Malcolm | Progressive National Party | 3,151 | |||||||
Robert A. Been | People's Democratic Movement | 2,572 | |||||||
Karen Evadne Malcolm | People's Democratic Movement | 2,491 | |||||||
Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson | People's Democratic Movement | 2,470 | |||||||
Derek Hugh Taylor | People's Democratic Movement | 2,352 | |||||||
Maxovonno Thomas | People's Democratic Movement | 2,242 | |||||||
Jacqueline Almartha Lightbourne | Independent | 300 | |||||||
Courtney Mancur Missick | Independent | 280 | |||||||
George Lightbourne | Independent | 162 | |||||||
Lekensay K.D. Missick | Independent | 107 | |||||||
Winston McLaughlin | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 89 | |||||||
Jermain Richardson Fulford | Independent | 85 | |||||||
Alicia Kaye Swann | Independent | 81 | |||||||
Lucky Shemock Forbes | Independent | 75 | |||||||
Source: Elections Department, RTC |
References
edit- ^ "House Of Assembly". Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ 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