2020 Anguillan general election

General elections are scheduled to take place in Anguilla on 29 June 2020.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an Order in Council was made to allow the elections to be postponed until 11 September at the latest.[2] However it was not invoked.

2020 Anguillan general election
29 June 2020
11 out of 11 seats in the House of Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Victor Banks Palmavon Webster Ellis Webster
Party AUF Independent APM
Leader's seat Valley South Island Harbour Island Harbour
Last election 54.44%, 6 seats 5.92%, 1 seat 38.26%, 0 seats
Premier before election

Victor Banks
Anguilla United Front

 Elected Premier

TBD

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Electoral system

The 11-member House of Assembly consists of seven members elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and four at-large members elected from the entire island by plurality at-large voting.[3] Voters may vote up to four candidates in the at-large seats, which replaced four appointees.[4] Voters must be at least 18 years old, whilst candidates must be at least 21.[4]

Campaign

The ruling Anguilla United Front (which won six of the seven elected seats in 2015) nominated a full slate of eleven candidates in November 2019.[5] The opposition Anguilla Progressive Movement also nominated eleven candidates in December 2019.[6]

References
  1. "Proclamation - (Appointment of the date for Election of the Assembly).pdf" (PDF). Governor of Anguilla. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. "The Anguilla (Coronavirus) (General Election Postponement) Order 2020". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  3. "Frequently Asked Questions". Central Electoral Office. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. Anguilla Election Centre Archived 2014-09-12 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean Elections
  5. Anguilla United Front launches slate of candidates – appeals for a clean campaign in 2020 The Anguillan, 25 November 2019
  6. APM launches full slate of 11 candidates for 2020 elections The Anguillan, 16 December 2019
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