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]
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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]
^New date announced for Turks and Caicos general election 2016-11-04 at the Wayback Machine Jamaica Observer, 31 October 2016
^Turks and Caicos elects first female premier 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean News Now, 16 December 2016
^Defeated Dr. Rufus Ewing resigns as PNP leader; quits politics 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine Sun TCI, 17 December 2016
^Basic election ballot rules released 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine TCI News Now, 3 September 2012
^House of Assembly 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Turks & Caicos Islands
^General Election Results - 15 December 2016 22 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean Elections
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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 2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election 2012 15 December 2016 2021 15 of the 21 seats in the House of Assembly First party Second party Leader Sharlene Cartwright Robinson Rufus Ewing Party PDM PNP Last election 7 8 Seats won 10 5 Seat change 3 3Premier before election Rufus Ewing PNP Elected Premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson PDM Contents 1 Electoral system 2 Campaign 3 Results 3 1 By constituency 4 ReferencesElectoral system editAt 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 editA 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 edit nbsp PartyDistrictAt largeTotalseats Votes SeatsVotes SeatsPeople s Democratic Movement3 16951 20613 82247 28410 3Progressive National Party2 64542 74410 34235 3815 3Progressive Democratic Alliance2433 9301 1173 8200NewIndependents1322 1303 95213 52000Nominated members40Ex officio members20Total6 189100 001029 233100 005210Valid votes6 18999 21Invalid blank votes490 79Total votes6 238100 00Registered voters turnout7 73280 68Source RTC By constituency edit Constituency Candidate Party Votes 1 Grand Turk North George Lightbourne Progressive National Party 305 Derek Rolle People s Democratic Movement 273 Kwame Odinga Smith Progressive Democratic Alliance 21 2 Grand Turk South and Saltcay Edwin Astwood People s Democratic Movement 399 Arthur Lightbourne Progressive National Party 276 Noel Terrence Skippings Progressive Democratic Alliance 66 Valerie Jennings Independent 12 3 South Caicos Ruth Blackman Progressive National Party 146 McAllister Eusene Hanchell Independent 97 Keno Shamado Forbes People s Democratic Movement 70 Christopher Emanuel Hall Progressive Democratic Alliance 6 4 Middle and North Caicos Ralph Higgs People s Democratic Movement 262 Mark Fulford Progressive National Party 201 5 Leeward Providenciales Akierra Missick Progressive National Party 376 Ezra Ringo Tyrone Taylor People s Democratic Movement 289 Calsada Carolie Johnson Progressive Democratic Alliance 17 6 The Bight Providenciales Porsha Stubbs Smith Progressive National Party 285 George C D Pratt People s Democratic Movement 284 Dozzlie McLom Delancy Progressive Democratic Alliance 38 7 Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill Providenciales Douglas Parnell People s Democratic Movement 451 Amanda Misick Progressive National Party 347 Charles Delancy Progressive Democratic Alliance 43 8 Blue Hills Providenciales Mixmillian Goldray Ewing People s Democratic Movement 366 Claudine Ewing Pratt Progressive National Party 267 Ciclyn Been Progressive Democratic Alliance 37 9 Five Cays Providenciales Sean Rickard Astwood People s Democratic Movement 470 Rachel Marshall Taylor Progressive National Party 269 Bobbie Chambers Progressive Democratic Alliance 15 10 Wheeland Providenciales Vaden Delroy Williams People s Democratic Movement 305 Dameko Canez Dean Progressive National Party 173 Hudson James Parker Independent 23 All Island District5 elected at large Sharlene Cartwright Robinson People s Democratic Movement 3 024 Josephine Connolly People s Democratic Movement 3 019 Derek Hugh Taylor People s Democratic Movement 2 740 Karen Evadne Malcolm People s Democratic Movement 2 725 Washington Misick Progressive National Party 2 335 Robert A Been People s Democratic Movement 2 314 Rufus Ewing Progressive National Party 2 234 John Malcolm Progressive National Party 2 011 Ricardo Don Hue Gardner Progressive National Party 1 901 Sheba Latrice Wilson Progressive National Party 1 861 Michael Misick Independent 1 629 Jasmin Walkin Independent 834 Sabrina Elizebeth Green Independent 675 Oswald Skippings Progressive Democratic Alliance 549 Clarence Wesley Selver Independent 301 Samuel Iotis Harvey Progressive Democratic Alliance 255 Courtney Missick Independent 240 Damian Wilson Independent 206 Shirley Louise Clarke Calcano Progressive Democratic Alliance 178 Herbert Andrew Swann Jr Progressive Democratic Alliance 135 Oscar O Brien Forbes Independent 67 Source RTCReferences edit New date announced for Turks and Caicos general election Archived 2016 11 04 at the Wayback Machine Jamaica Observer 31 October 2016 Turks and Caicos elects first female premier Archived 2016 12 20 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean News Now 16 December 2016 Defeated Dr Rufus Ewing resigns as PNP leader quits politics Archived 2016 12 21 at the Wayback Machine Sun TCI 17 December 2016 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 amp Caicos Islands General Election Results 15 December 2016 Archived 22 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean Elections Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election amp oldid 1221380388, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
