2012 Bermudian general election

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17 December 2012

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All 36 seats in the Bermuda House of Assembly
19 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

71.08%

	First party	Second party

Leader	Craig Cannonier	Paula Cox
Party	OBA	PLP
Leader since	10 September 2011	2010
Leader's seat	Devonshire South Central	Devonshire North West (defeated)
Last election	14	22
Seats won	19	17
Seat change	5	5
Popular vote	15,949	14,218
Percentage	51.70%	46.08%
Swing	4.36%	6.37%

Constituencies in Bermuda

Premier before election

Paula Cox
PLP

Elected Premier

Craig Cannonier
OBA

Politics of Bermuda


Law
Monarchy Sovereign Charles III Governor Rena Lalgie
Executive Premier Edward David Burt
Legislative Parliament Senate President: Joan Dillas-Wright House of Assembly Speaker: Dennis Lister Leader of the Opposition: N.H. Cole Simons
Elections Recent elections General: 2007 2012 2017 2020 Political parties Progressive Labour Party (PLP) One Bermuda Alliance (OBA)
Administrative divisions
Citizenship Belonger status British Overseas Territories citizen Passport Visa requirements
Foreign relations Representative of Bermuda, London
Other countries
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General elections were held in Bermuda on 17 December 2012 to elect all 36 members of the House of Assembly. The result was a victory for the One Bermuda Alliance, led by Craig Cannonier, which won 19 seats in the House of Assembly. The incumbent Progressive Labour Party (PLP) lost five seats and government, and Premier Paula Cox lost her Devonshire North West seat, and resigned as leader of the PLP the next day, with Derrick Burgess becoming Acting Party Leader. Marc Bean became PLP leader on 22 December 2012.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	One Bermuda Alliance	15,949	51.70	19	+5
	Progressive Labour Party	14,218	46.08	17	–5
	Independents	685	2.22	0	0
Total		30,852	100.00	36	0

Valid votes		30,852	99.44
Invalid/blank votes		174	0.56
Total votes		31,026	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		43,652	71.08
Source: Parliamentary Registry, IFES

References

General Election 2012 Election Results Parliamentary Registry
Wounded PLP sees leader lose her seat Bermuda Sun, 18 December 2012
Cox resigns as PLP leader Archived 21 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Royal Gazette, 18 December 2012
Johnson, Ayo (22 December 2012). "Marc Bean new PLP leader". Royal Gazette.

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