Elections in the Cayman Islands

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 Movement	21,859	36.1	9	+4
	United Democratic Party	16,816	27.8	3	–6
	Coalition for Cayman	11,275	18.6	3	New
	People's National Alliance	3,436	5.7	1	New
	Independents	7,212	11.9	2	+1
Total votes cast		60,598	100	18	+3
Total voters		14,760	–	–	–
Registered voters/turnout		18,492	79.82	–	–

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Government election website