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Districts of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Districts of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Administrative divisions

The Turks and Caicos Islands are divided into five administrative districts (one in the Turks Islands and four in the Caicos Islands), and the Island of Grand Turk; four of these are headed by District Commissioners, and Providenciales District is run by the Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Premier in Providenciales. The Island of Grand Turk is directly administered by the TCI Government.[1]

Map of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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(the area figures were determined from information in "TCI Physical Characteristics")[2]

Electoral Districts

For the legislative council, the Turks and Caicos Islands are divided into fifteen Electoral Districts (four in the Turks Islands and eleven in the Caicos Islands):[3][4][5][6]

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An official web site mentions two additional electoral districts on Providenciales, namely Long Bay Hills and Richmond Hill, but without giving district numbers[7]

Turks and Caicos 2012 Electoral Districts

For the November 2012 elections the Electoral District Boundary Commission has delineated 10 Electoral districts:

  1. Grand Turk North - former West Road and Overback
  2. Grand Turk South - former North and South Back Salina, and Salt Cay
  3. South Caicos, East Caicos, Little and Big Ambergris Cays
  4. Middle and North Caicos, and Parrot Cay
  5. Leeward, Providenciales, Pine Cay, Little and Big Water Cays, and East Cays, including Dellis Cay
  6. The Bight, Providenciales
  7. Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill, Providenciales
  8. Blue Hills, Providenciales
  9. Five Cays, Providenciales
  10. Wheeland and North West and North Central, Providenciales, and West Caicos.

On August 14, 2012, Governor Roderic Todd signed into law the Electoral Districts (Boundaries Amendment) Ordinance.[8]

2016 election results by constituency

By the time of the 2016 House of Assembly elections, there were 10 electoral districts ("constituencies") and the results were as follows:

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See also

Notes

  1. The Islands area and population data retrieved from the 2012 census

References

  1. [1]
    https://www.gov.tc/
  2. [2]
    "TCI Physical Characteristics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Electoral Districts of the Turks and Caicos Islands". Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Governor signs Electoral Districts (Boundaries Amendment) Ordinance into law". 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  5. [5]
    "ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT - TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 2017 REGISTER OF ELECTORS". www.gov.tc. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Nominated Candidates For General Election 2016". www.gov.tc. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Salt Cay tourist information". Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  8. [8]
    "Governor signs Electoral Districts (Boundaries Amendment) Ordinance into law". 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
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