2025 Caymanian general election

The 2021 elections saw independent candidates win 12 seats and the People's Progressive Movement (PPM) win seven. A government was formed by independent Wayne Panton, who became Premier. In November 2023, twelve MPs joined the new United People's Movement (UPM), with its leader Julianna O'Connor-Connolly becoming Premier. On 31 October 2024, four UPM MPs resigned from government, resulting in it losing its majority in parliament. In February and March 2025, three of seven members of the minority UPM government including O'Connor-Connolly joined PPM to seek re-election. ==Electoral system==

The Parliament has 21 members. Nineteen members are directly elected by first-past-the-post voting from single-member constituencies, for a four-year term. Two ex officio (appointed) members are the Deputy Governor and the Attorney-General, who are appointed by the Governor. ==Contesting parties==

The UPM has stated that it will not contest the 2025 elections and will dissolve. The four former members of the UPM formed a new political party, the Caymanian Community Party (TCCP), headed by André Ebanks. The opposition PPM will contest the elections with Joey Hew as its leader following resignations of Speaker and former Premier Alden McLaughlin and former Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell. The Cayman Islands National Party (CINP) is a new party formed by Dan Scott, a former regional managing partner at Ernst & Young. ==Results==

Preliminary results showed the PPM winning the most with seven seats but failing to gain a majority. TCCP, CINP, and Independents won four seats each. Independent Chris Saunders, who was elected in Bodden Town West, stated that he will only work with the PPM. By constituency ==Aftermath==

Following the election, the Caymanian Community Party and the Cayman Islands National Party were joined by three independents to form a governing coalition. The group named itself the National Coalition For Caymanians, with TCCP leader André Ebanks as premier-elect. Ebanks and the rest of the government were sworn in on 6 May 2025. ==References==