General elections were held in

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on 29 June 2020. Due to the

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, an

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was made to allow the elections to be postponed until 11 September at the latest. However it was not invoked.

Electoral system

The 13-member

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consists of seven members elected in single-member constituencies by

first-past-the-post voting First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...

, four

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members elected from the entire island by

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and two ex officio members. Voters may vote up to four candidates in the at-large seats, which replaced two appointees.Anguilla Election Centre
Caribbean Elections Voters must be at least 18 years old, whilst candidates must be at least 21.

Endorsements

For

Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers (born 13 January 1993) is an Anguillan politician, lawyer, athlete, former model and beauty pageant titleholder. A member of the Anguilla Progressive Movement, Kentish-Rogers has served as the Minister for Education and ...

(

Anguilla Progressive Movement The Anguilla Progressive Movement (APM) is a political party in Anguilla. The party was named the Anguilla United Movement (AUM) until being rebranded in 2019 alongside new leaders and colours. It was founded in early 1980 by Ronald Webster and ...

candidate in Valley South): * Celine Willers,

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, Miss Universe Cayman Islands 2018 * Aniska Tonge, Miss Universe US Virgin Islands 2018 * Anna Burdzy, Miss Universe Great Britain 2017 * Selma Kamanya, Miss Universe Zambia 2018 *

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, Miss Universe Dominican Republic 2018 For Haydn Hughes (

candidate in Road South): * Charlamagne tha God, American radio and TV personality

Campaign

The ruling

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(which won six of the seven elected seats in

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) nominated a full slate of eleven candidates in November 2019. The opposition

also nominated eleven candidates in December 2019.APM launches full slate of 11 candidates for 2020 elections
The Anguillian, 16 December 2019

Results

By constituency

References

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