1996 Caymanian general election
General elections were held in the Cayman Islands on 20 November 1996. The result was a victory for the ruling National Team, which won 9 of the 15 seats in the Legislative Assembly.[1]
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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National Team | 12,210 | 42.9 | 9 | –3 |
Democratic Alliance | 5,067 | 38.8 | 2 | New |
Team Cayman | 4,526 | 11.5 | 1 | New |
Independents | 3,592 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 25,395 | 100 | 15 | 0 |
Valid votes | 8,872 | 99.32 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 61 | 0.68 | ||
Total | 8,933 | 100 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 10,450 | 85.48 | ||
Source: Elections Today, Winter 1997 |
gollark: Which is yet another problem of our system - the constituency borders could affect the election a *lot* if they got tweaked and yet are basically arbitrary.
gollark: That's more of a problem of insane gerrymandering.
gollark: Or your system will not meet those criteria.
gollark: No, I mean, as far as I can see that requires you to have three candidates and no more.
gollark: That would limit you to three candidates.
References
- South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002, Psychology Press, p217
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