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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.
Electoral system
At 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
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Party | District | At-large | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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 |
By constituency
Constituency | 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 Robinson | 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 |
References
- ^ "House Of Assembly". Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ Basic election ballot rules released[usurped] TCI News Now, 3 September 2012
- ^ House of Assembly Government of the Turks & Caicos Islands