Voter turnout just fails to reach 80% – final figs
Cayman Islands General Election 22nd May 2013
At 6 pm the FINAL poll returns from all districts show an average of 79.93% of electors turned out to poll that equates to 14,758 votes cast out of a possible 18,492 registered voters.
The Elections office was expecting a 90% turn-out but it fell way short and didn’t quite break the 80% barrier that was expected. West Bay, Cayman Brac & Little Cayman and east End were the only districts that passed 80% with East End very nearly making it to 90%. The lowest district for election turn-out was North Side with 78.30% and the big surprise was George Town recording the second lowest turn-out with 79.31%.
This was the reason the high expectations were not realised as George Town has the largest number of registered voters of 7,441 but 1,549 stayed at home.
In 2009 80.54% of the electorate went to the polls, although there was a record turn-out of 14,758 voters this year.
West Bay – 80.24%
George Town – 79.31%
Cayman Brac & Little Cayman – 80.29%
Bodden Town – 79.94%
North Side – 78.30%
East End – 87.32%
FINAL