CAYMAN ISLANDS ELECTIONS 2017 – update

No clear winner emerged from the General Elections in the Cayman Islands on Wednesday 24 May 2017.

Independent candidates won the majority of the seats – nine of the nineteen at stake.  The incumbent  Peoples Progress Movement of Premier Alden McLaughlin won seven and the main opposition Cayman Democratic Party (CDP) led by McKeeva Bush, three.

Political observers expect a coalition government to emerge from among the successful candidates.

SUMMARY

Number of seats contested:   19

SEATS WON

Independent Candidates  –  Nine  (9)

Peoples Progressive Movement (PPM)   –  Seven (7)

Cayman Democratic Party (CDP)   –  Three (3)

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