Bermudian House of Assembly election 2017 voting live Results Dates Opinion Exit Poll Candidates
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Bermudian House of Assembly election 2017 Results Voting Live Dates Opinion Exit Poll
Bermudian House of Assembly election Dates 2017
Bermudian House of Assembly election Date: 31 December 2017
The House of Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. The house has 36 Members of Parliament (MP), each elected in a single seat constituency.
The House of Assembly was originally the only house of Bermuda's Parliament, and held its first session in 1620. It first met in Saint Peter's Church, in the original colonial capital, Saint George's, until its own building, the State House, was completed, also in 1620. It met in the State House until the capital was moved to Hamilton in 1815, where it met at the old town hall until relocating to its current home, the Sessions House, in 1826.
Bermudian House of Assembly election Voting Live 2017
1.The House of Assembly was created at a time when Bermuda, or The Somers Isles, was administered by the Somers Isles Company (1615–1684), an offshoot of the Virginia Company.
2. The House of Assembly was overseen by a Governor appointed by the Company (from 1684, by the Crown), although, for much of the colony's history, the real political power lay with the appointed Council of Bermuda, composed of members of Bermuda's wealthy merchant class.
3. During periods when the colony was without a Governor, the President of the Council might find himself Acting Governor, also. The balance of power began to shift away from the Council in the 19th Century, when Bermuda assumed a new importance in Imperial security, and when the Governor became also the Commander-in-Chief of the new naval establishment and newly re-established and greatly expanded military garrison.
Electoral system of Bermuda
The House of Assembly has 36 members, elected for a five-year term in single seat constituencies. …Bermuda has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
Candidates for Bermudian House of Assembly election
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Bermuda Parties and leaders
United Bermuda Party
National Liberal Party
Bermuda Democratic Party:
Gombey Liberation Party
Past election results
Registered voters |
46,669 |
– |
– |
|
Total |
30,862 |
100 |
36 |
0 |
Independents |
169 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
One Bermuda Alliance |
13,832 |
40.61 |
12 |
-7 |
Progressive Labour Party |
20,059 |
58.89 |
24 |
+7 |
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |