2020 Bermudian general election

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Registered42,638
Turnout60.93% (Decrease 12.05pp)
2020 Bermudian general election
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1 October 2020
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All 36 seats in the House of Assembly
19 seats needed for a majority
Registered42,638
Turnout60.93% (Decrease 12.05pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Edward David Burt Craig Cannonier
Party PLP OBA
Last election 58.89%, 24 seats 40.61%, 12 seats
Seats won 30 6
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 6
Popular vote 15,995 8,314
Percentage 62.09% 32.27%
Swing Increase3.10pp Decrease8.34pp
Results by constituency
Premier before election

Edward David Burt
PLP

 Elected Premier

Edward David Burt
PLP

General elections were held in Bermuda on 1 October 2020 to elect all 36 members of the House of Assembly. On 21 August 2020 Premier Edward David Burt announced that Governor of Bermuda John Rankin has accepted his advice to call a snap election.[1] The election resulted in the largest victory for one party since party politics began in Bermuda in 1968, as the Progressive Labour Party won 62% of the vote and 30 of 36 seats (including 3 seats where they ran unopposed).[2]

The 36 members of the House of Assembly are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.[3]

Contesting parties

Party Position Ideology Leader
(since)		 Last election At dissolution Contested
Progressive Labour Party Centre-left Social conservatism[4]
Social democracy
Anti-colonialism		 Edward David Burt
(December 2016)
24 / 36 (67%)
25 / 36 (69%)
36 / 36 (100%)
One Bermuda Alliance Centre-right Liberal conservatism Craig Cannonier
(October 2018)
12 / 36 (33%)
10 / 36 (28%)
31 / 36 (86%)
Free Democratic Movement Centre-right Conservative liberalism
Subsidiarity		 Marc Bean
(September 2020)
0 / 36 (0%)
0 / 36 (0%)
14 / 36 (39%)

Incumbent MPs not seeking re-election

Retiring incumbent Electoral District Term in office Reason Date announced Replaced as MP by
Trevor Moniz OBA Constituency Nine/Smith's West 1993-2020 Not standing 3 August 2020[5]
Rolfe Commissiong PLP Constituency 21/Pembroke South East 2012–2020[6] Not standing 28 August 2020[7]

Candidates by Parish

Results

References

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