Elections in the Cayman Islands

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Elections in the Cayman Islands gives information on election and election results in the Cayman Islands. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.

The Cayman Islands elect on territorial level a legislature. The Legislative Assembly has 20 members, 18 elected members for a four-year term in two-seat constituencies and 2 members ex officio. In the 2000 elections, with a turnout of 80% only non-partisans were elected. After the election members of parliament formed the United Democratic Party. The Cayman Islands had a no-party system, but it evolved into a two-party system, the opposition United Democratic Party and the current ruling People's Progressive Movement party.

In districts that return multiple members, Cayman uses the bloc voting system, for single member districts, it uses the first past the post system.

Latest election

 Summary of the 22 May 2013 Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly election results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
People's Progressive Movement21,85936.19+4
United Democratic Party16,81627.83–6
Coalition for Cayman11,27518.63New
People's National Alliance3,4365.71New
Independents7,21211.92+1
Total votes cast60,59810018+3
Total voters14,760
Registered voters/turnout18,49279.82

Past elections

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