1988 Caymanian general election

1988 Caymanian general election

November 1988

12 seats in the Legislative Assembly 7 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Seats +/– Progress with Dignity Norman Bodden 7 +4 Independents 5 −4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in the Cayman Islands in November 1988. The result was a victory for the Progress with Dignity Team led by Norman Bodden, which won seven of the twelve elected seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Progress with Dignity Team			7	+4
	Team for National Unity			0	0
	Independents			5	–4
Total				12	0
Valid votes		6,917	97.48
Invalid/blank votes		179	2.52
Total votes		7,096	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,455	75.05
Source: Elections Office

By district

District	Candidate	Votes	%
Bodden Town	Roy Bodden	755	70.69
	Franklin R. Smith	645	60.39
	Haig Bodden	422	39.51
	Charles W. Walter	302	28.28
Cayman Brac and Little Cayman	Marby S. Kirkconnell	345	52.67
	Gilbert McLean	343	52.37
	Trevor Ewan Foster	296	45.19
	Ernest Foster	137	20.92
	Elvern K. Hurslton	40	6.11
	Percival T. Whorms Sr.	27	4.12
East End	John Bonwell McLean Sr.	Unopposed
George Town	William Norman Bodden	1,711	65.06
	Linford Ainsworth Pierson	1,523	57.91
	Truman M. Bodden	1,450	55.13
	Kurt Tibbetts	1,135	43.16
	Eldon Rankin	913	34.71
	George C. Smith	844	32.09
North Side	Ezzard Miller	212	50.48
	Edna Moyle	208	49.52
West Bay	McKeeva Bush	1,316	61.38
	Benson Obadiah Ebanks	1,137	53.03
	John Dwight Jefferson Jr.	1,020	47.57
	Daphne Louise Orrett	1,004	46.83
	Dalmain Dunstan Ebanks	1,001	46.69
	John Garston Smith	854	39.83