2012 Bermudian general election
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17 December 2012
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All 36 seats in the Bermuda House of Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 71.10% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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File:Bermuda electoral results, 2012.svg Results by constituency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Bermuda on 17 December 2012 to elect all 36 members of the House of Assembly. The result was a victory for the One Bermuda Alliance, led by Craig Cannonier, which won 19 seats in the House of Assembly.[1] The incumbent Progressive Labour Party (PLP) lost five seats and government, and Premier Paula Cox lost her Devonshire North West seat,[2] and resigned as leader of the PLP the next day, with Derrick Burgess becoming Acting Party Leader.[3] Marc Bean became PLP leader on 22 December 2012.[4]
Results
[edit | edit source]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| One Bermuda Alliance | 15,949 | 51.68 | 19 | +5 | |
| Progressive Labour Party | 14,218 | 46.07 | 17 | –5 | |
| Independents | 695 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 30,862 | 100.00 | 36 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 30,862 | 99.44 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 174 | 0.56 | |||
| Total votes | 31,036 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 43,652 | 71.10 | |||
| Source: Parliamentary Registry[1] | |||||
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b December 2012, Parliamentary Registry
- ^ Wounded PLP sees leader lose her seat Bermuda Sun, 18 December 2012
- ^ Cox resigns as PLP leader Archived 21 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Royal Gazette, 18 December 2012
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
