# 2025 Turks and Caicos Islands general election

General elections were held in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 7 February 2025 to determine the composition of the Parliament of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Significant constitutional changes meant they were the first general election in which nine at-large MPs were elected.

## Background

The House of Assembly was renamed the Parliament of the Turks and Caicos Islands on 10 December 2024, alongside a term increase to a maximum of five years. The electoral system was also modified so that 19 instead of 15 members will be elected, with the four formerly appointed seats becoming at-large constituency seats. The constitutional amendments were unanimously adopted by the House of Assembly and afterwards authorised by the government of the United Kingdom in late 2024.
In practice this meant that voters now have to fill out just one paper ballot instead of two, and will fill in ovals next to candidates names instead of marking a box with an X. Votes will be counted electronically. Despite the new simplifications, there is still a concern that some voters will be either unaware or confused by the changes, so both written and video recorded English instructions will also be provided to polling locations on how to vote under the new system.

## Electoral system

The Parliament has 21 members, of whom 19 are elected members and two (the Attorney General and Speaker) are ex officio.
The 19 members were elected by two methods; ten from single-member constituencies and nine elected on an at-large basis, with voters able to vote for up to nine candidates at the national level.

## Campaign

The Turks and Caicos has a de facto two party system between the centre-right People's Democratic Movement (PDM) and the centre-left Progressive National Party (PNP). The PNP has been governing with Washington Misick as premier since the 2021 elections saw the PDM collapse from 10 seats to just one due to unpopular mismanagement of both the economy and the reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, which the PNP is still campaigning on. The PNP's manifesto called the PDM's time in office from 2016 to 2021 as "factless and incompetent" and touted over $4 billion in foreign investments under their leadership, as well as a 20% increase in the minimum wage and the first-ever pay review for public servants, alongside a debt forgiveness scheme the government implemented. The PDM's manifesto centered around calling the PNP soft on crime and pledged to strengthen the island’s security framework while also calling to "secure our borders." The manifesto also called for the mass construction of new homes, and the reduction in the cost of living and increasing domestic education and employment opportunities. The PDM also called for an increase to a $1,000 stipend to the elderly, and the expansion of mental health facilities.
One of the leading controversies of the election was the leader of the PDM calling the murder of an immigrant insurance broker and her brother, an American sheriff's deputy from Chicago, outside a nightclub on 27 January, as "a message from God", leading to a reprimand from the Governor "to be mindful."

## Results

The PNP government was re-elected, winning 16 of the 19 available seats while the PDM opposition won just 2. Independent candidate Tamell Seymour was victorious in the South Caicos seat.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats | +/– |
| | Progressive National Party | 3,958 | 58.56 | 7 | 35,560 | 60.17 | 9 | 16 | +2 |
| | People's Democratic Movement | 2,578 | 38.14 | 2 | 22,794 | 38.57 | 0 | 2 | +1 |
| | Progressive Democratic Alliance | | | | 183 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | 223 | 3.30 | 1 | 558 | 0.94 | 0 | 1 | +1 |
| Ex officio members | Ex officio members | | | | | | | 2 | 0 |
| Nominated members | Nominated members | | | | | | | 0 | –4 |
| Total | Total | 6,759 | 100.00 | 10 | 59,095 | 100.00 | 9 | 21 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,759 | 100.00 | | | | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | | | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 6,759 | 100.00 | | | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 9,385 | 72.02 | | | | | | |
| Source: Turks & Caicos Islands Government ||||||||||

### By constituency

| Constituency | Constituency | Candidate | Party | Votes |
| 1 | Grand Turk North | Otis Chuck Morris | Progressive National Party | 377 |
| 1 | Grand Turk North | George Lightbourne | People's Democratic Movement | 198 |
| 2 | Grand Turk South and Saltcay | Edwin Astwood | People's Democratic Movement | 363 |
| 2 | Grand Turk South and Saltcay | Walter Federick Lake Gardiner | Progressive National Party | 315 |
| 2 | Grand Turk South and Saltcay | Derek Been | Independent | 58 |
| 3 | South Caicos | Tamell Seymour | Independent | 165 |
| 3 | South Caicos | John Jamael Malcolm | Progressive National Party | 104 |
| 3 | South Caicos | Hynetta Lenore Forbes | People's Democratic Movement | 28 |
| 4 | Middle and North Caicos | Arlington Alexander Musgrove | Progressive National Party | 371 |
| 4 | Middle and North Caicos | Denaz Williams | People's Democratic Movement | 144 |
| 5 | Leeward (Providenciales) | Akierra Missick | Progressive National Party | 461 |
| 5 | Leeward (Providenciales) | Keith Cox | People's Democratic Movement | 213 |
| 6 | The Bight (Providenciales) | Audric Skippings | People's Democratic Movement | 359 |
| 6 | The Bight (Providenciales) | Matthew Timothy Stubbs | Progressive National Party | 358 |
| 7 | Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill (Providenciales) | Samuel Ernest Been | Progressive National Party | 553 |
| 7 | Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill (Providenciales) | Finbar Albert Grant | People's Democratic Movement | 354 |
| 8 | Blue Hills (Providenciales) | Randy Dexter Howell | Progressive National Party | 368 |
| 8 | Blue Hills (Providenciales) | Anthony McCleaver Walkin | People's Democratic Movement | 365 |
| 9 | Five Cays (Providenciales) | Rachel Marshall Taylor | Progressive National Party | 657 |
| 9 | Five Cays (Providenciales) | Bryant R. Cox | People's Democratic Movement | 299 |
| 10 | Wheeland (Providenciales) | Kyle Knowles | Progressive National Party | 394 |
| 10 | Wheeland (Providenciales) | Vaden Delroy Williams | People's Democratic Movement | 255 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large ||
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Erwin Jay Saunders | Progressive National Party | 4,614 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Washington Misick | Progressive National Party | 4,208 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Jamell Robinson | Progressive National Party | 4,050 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Shaun David Malcolm | Progressive National Party | 3,992 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Zhavargo Jermaine Jolly | Progressive National Party | 3,932 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Jameka Lashawn Williams | Progressive National Party | 3,911 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Josephine Connolly | Progressive National Party | 3,881 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Sharon Anne Simons | Progressive National Party | 3,574 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Willin Antoni Belliard | Progressive National Party | 3,398 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Robert A. Been | People's Democratic Movement | 2,767 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Karen Malcolm | People's Democratic Movement | 2,709 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Sabrina Green | People's Democratic Movement | 2,591 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Sean Richard Astwood | People's Democratic Movement | 2,562 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Temmard Butterfield | People's Democratic Movement | 2,498 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Ralph Lewis Higgs | People's Democratic Movement | 2,490 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Dwayne Taylor | People's Democratic Movement | 2,486 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Ruth Mae Ariza | People's Democratic Movement | 2,440 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Alvin Kingsley Garland | People's Democratic Movement | 2,251 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Philip McRae Robinson | Independent | 286 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Paul Bernard Beresford | Independent | 272 |
| All Island District 9 elected at-large | All Island District 9 elected at-large | Winston McLaughlin | Progressive Democratic Alliance | 183 |