title: Districts of the Turks and Caicos Islands
text: # Districts of the Turks and Caicos Islands
  
  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.
  
  | Nr | Administrative District | Headquarters | Area $(km^2)$ | Population | Electoral Districts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Caicos Islands ||||||
  | 1 | Providenciales (including West Caicos) | Providenciales | 163.6 | 23,769 | 6 |
  | 2 | North Caicos | Bottle Creek | 144.9 | 1,443 | 2 |
  | 3 | Middle Caicos | Conch Bar | 144.2 | 168 | 1 |
  | 4 | South Caicos (including East Caicos) | Cockburn Harbour | 136.8 | 1,139 | 2 |
  | Turks Islands ||||||
  | 5 | Grand Turk | Grand Turk | 17.6 | 4,831 | 4 |
  | 6 | Salt Cay | Salt Cay | 9.1 | 108 | - |
  | | Turks and Caicos Islands | Grand Turk | 616.3 | 31,458 | 15 |
  
  (the area figures were determined from information in "TCI Physical Characteristics")
  
  ## 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):
  
  | Electoral District | Official Description | Representative as of 2004-10-13 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Turks Islands |||
  | Electoral District One | West Road, Grand Turk | Dwayne Taylor |
  | Electoral District Two | Overback, Grand Turk | Floyd Basil Hall |
  | Electoral District Three | Backsalina-North, Grand Turk | Oswald O. Skippings |
  | Electoral District Four | Backsalina-South, Grand $Turk^{1)}$ | Derek Hugh Taylor |
  | Caicos Islands |||
  | Electoral District Five | South Caicos South, South $Caicos^{2)}$ | McAllister Eugene Hanchell |
  | Electoral District Six | South Caicos North, South Caicos | Norman B. Saunders |
  | Electoral District Seven | Middle Caicos | Jeffrey Christoval Hall |
  | Electoral District Eight | North Caicos- East, North Caicos | Michael Eugene Misick |
  | Electoral District Nine | North Caicos- West, North $Caicos^{3)}$ | Clarence W. Selver |
  | Electoral District Ten | The Bight, Providenciales | Karen Delancy |
  | Electoral District Eleven | Blue Hills, Providenciales | Vaden Delroy Williams |
  | Electoral District Twelve | Five Cays, Providenciales | Lillian Robinson Been |
  | Electoral District Thirteen | Cheshire Hall, Providenciales | Galmo Williams |
  | Electoral District Fourteen | Leeward, Providenciales $^{4)}$ | |
  | Electoral District Fifteen | Wheeland and West caicos | |
  | $^{1)}including$ Salt Cay |||
  | $^{2)}including$ Big Ambergris Cay and Little Ambergris Cay |||
  | $^{3)}including$ Parrot Cay |||
  | $^{4)}including$ Pine Cay and Water Cay |||
  
  An official web site mentions two additional electoral districts on Providenciales, namely Long Bay Hills and Richmond Hill, but without giving district numbers
  
  For the November 2012 elections the Electoral District Boundary Commission has delineated 10 Electoral districts:
  
  * Grand Turk North - former West Road and Overback
  * Grand Turk South - former North and South Back Salina, and Salt Cay
  * South Caicos, East Caicos, Little and Big Ambergris Cays
  * Middle and North Caicos, and Parrot Cay
  * Leeward, Providenciales, Pine Cay, Little and Big Water Cays, and East Cays, including Dellis Cay
  * The Bight, Providenciales
  * Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill, Providenciales
  * Blue Hills, Providenciales
  * Five Cays, Providenciales
  * 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.
  
  ### 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:
  
  | Constituency | Constituency | Candidate | Party | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Grand Turk North | George Lightbourne | PNP | 305 |
  | 1 | Grand Turk North | Derek Rolle | PDM | 273 |
  | 1 | Grand Turk North | Kwame Odinga Smith | PDA | 21 |
  | 2 | Grand Turk South and Saltcay | Edwin Astwood | PDM | 399 |
  | 2 | Grand Turk South and Saltcay | Arthur Lightbourne | PNP | 276 |
  | 2 | Grand Turk South and Saltcay | Noel Terrence Skippings | PDA | 66 |
  | 2 | Grand Turk South and Saltcay | Valerie Jennings | Independent | 12 |
  | 3 | South Caicos | Ruth Blackman | PNP | 146 |
  | 3 | South Caicos | McAllister Eusene Hanchell | Independent | 97 |
  | 3 | South Caicos | Keno Shamado Forbes | PDM | 70 |
  | 3 | South Caicos | Christopher Emanuel Hall | PDA | 6 |
  | 4 | Middle and North Caicos | Ralph Higgs | PDM | 262 |
  | 4 | Middle and North Caicos | Mark Fulford | PNP | 201 |
  | 5 | Leeward (Providenciales) | Akierra Missick | PNP | 376 |
  | 5 | Leeward (Providenciales) | Ezra Ringo Tyrone Taylor | PDM | 289 |
  | 5 | Leeward (Providenciales) | Calsada Carolie Johnson | PDA | 17 |
  | 6 | The Bight (Providenciales) | Porsha Stubbs-Smith | PNP | 285 |
  | 6 | The Bight (Providenciales) | George C.D. Pratt | PDM | 284 |
  | 6 | The Bight (Providenciales) | Dozzlie McLom Delancy | PDA | 38 |
  | 7 | Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill (Providenciales) | Douglas Parnell | PDM | 451 |
  | 7 | Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill (Providenciales) | Amanda Misick | PNP | 347 |
  | 7 | Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill (Providenciales) | Charles Delancy | PDA | 43 |
  | 8 | Blue Hills (Providenciales) | Mixmillian Goldray Ewing | PDM | 366 |
  | 8 | Blue Hills (Providenciales) | Claudine Ewing-Pratt | PNP | 267 |
  | 8 | Blue Hills (Providenciales) | Ciclyn Been | PDA | 37 |
  | 9 | Five Cays (Providenciales) | Sean Rickard Astwood | PDM | 470 |
  | 9 | Five Cays (Providenciales) | Rachel Marshall Taylor | PNP | 269 |
  | 9 | Five Cays (Providenciales) | Bobbie Chambers | PDA | 15 |
  | 10 | Wheeland (Providenciales) | Vaden Delroy Williams | PDM | 305 |
  | 10 | Wheeland (Providenciales) | Dameko Canez Dean | PNP | 173 |
  | 10 | Wheeland (Providenciales) | Hudson James Parker | Independent | 23 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large ||
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson | PDM | 3,024 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Josephine Connolly | PDM | 3,019 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Derek Hugh Taylor | PDM | 2,740 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Karen Evadne Malcolm | PDM | 2,725 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Washington Misick | PNP | 2,335 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Robert A. Been | PDM | 2314 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Rufus Ewing | PNP | 2234 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | John Malcolm | PNP | 2011 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Ricardo Don-Hue Gardner | PNP | 1901 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Sheba Latrice Wilson | PNP | 1861 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Michael Misick | Independent | 1629 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Jasmin Walkin | Independent | 834 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Sabrina Elizebeth Green | Independent | 675 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Oswald Skippings | PDA | 549 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Clarence Wesley Selver | Independent | 301 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Samuel Iotis Harvey | PDA | 255 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Courtney Missick | Independent | 240 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Damian Wilson | Independent | 206 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Shirley Louise Clarke-Calcano | PDA | 178 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Herbert Andrew Swann jr. | PDA | 135 |
  | All Island District 5 elected at-large | All Island District 5 elected at-large | Oscar O’Brien Forbes | Independent | 67 |
  | Source: RTC ||||||
  