1996 Caymanian general election

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20 November 1996

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15 seats in the Legislative Assembly
8 seats needed for a majority

	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
National Team	Truman Bodden	48.08	9	−3
Democratic Alliance	Kurt Tibbetts	19.95	2	New
Team Cayman		17.82	1	New
Independent		14.14	3	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Leader of Government Business before	Leader of Government Business after
Truman Bodden Independent	Truman Bodden Independent

Politics of the Cayman Islands


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Executive Premier Julianna O'Connor-Connolly
Legislative Parliament Speaker: Alden McLaughlin
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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.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Team	12,210	48.08	9	–3
	Democratic Alliance	5,067	19.95	2	New
	Team Cayman	4,526	17.82	1	New
	Independents	3,592	14.14	3	0
Total		25,395	100.00	15	0

Valid votes		8,872	99.32
Invalid/blank votes		61	0.68
Total votes		8,933	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,450	85.48
Source: Elections Today, Winter 1997

References

South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002, Psychology Press, p217

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