2020 Bermudian general election

The 2020 Bermudian general election was held on 1 October 2020 to elect all 36 members to the House of Assembly of Bermuda. On 21 August 2020 Premier Edward David Burt announced that Governor of Bermuda John Rankin has accepted his advice to call a snap election.[1] The election resulted in the largest victory for one party since party politics began in Bermuda in 1968, as the Progressive Labour Party won 62% of the vote and 30 of 36 seats (including 3 seats where they ran unopposed).[2]

2020 Bermudian general election

1 October 2020
All 36 seats in the House of Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority
Leader Edward David Burt Craig Cannonier Party PLP OBA Leader since 7 December 2016 1 October 2018 Leader's seat Pembroke West Central Devonshire South Central Last election 24 seats, 58.89% 12 seats, 40.61% Seats won 30 6 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 15,995 8,314 Percentage 62.09% 32.27% Swing 3.10% 8.34%
Map of the seats to be contested in the election.
Premier before election Edward David Burt PLP Elected Premier Edward David Burt PLP

Electoral system

The 36 members of the House of Assembly are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.[3]

Contesting parties

Party		Position	Ideology	Leader (since)	Last election	At dissolution	Contested
	Progressive Labour Party	Centre-left	Social conservatism[4] Social democracy Anti-colonialism	Edward David Burt (December 2016)	24 / 36 (67%)	25 / 36 (69%)	36 / 36 (100%)
	One Bermuda Alliance	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism	Craig Cannonier (October 2018)	12 / 36 (33%)	10 / 36 (28%)	31 / 36 (86%)
	Free Democratic Movement	Centre-right	Conservative liberalism Subsidiarity	Marc Bean (September 2020)	0 / 36 (0%)	0 / 36 (0%)	14 / 36 (39%)

Incumbent MPs not seeking re-election

Retiring incumbent			Electoral District	Term in office	Reason	Date announced	Replaced as MP by
	Trevor Moniz	OBA	Constituency Nine/Smith’s West	1993-2020	Not standing	3 August 2020[5]
	Rolfe Commissiong	PLP	Constituency 21/Pembroke South East	2012–2020[6]	Not standing	28 August 2020[7]

Candidates by Parish

The announced candidates are presented below, along with the incumbent candidates before the election.[8][9] MPs who are not standing for re-election are marked (†). Government ministers and speakers are in bold, and party leaders are in italics.

St. George's Parish and St. David's Island

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	PLP		OBA		FDM
Constituency One/St. George’s North		Renee Ming		James Perry				Renee Ming
Constituency Two/St. George’s West		Kim Swan		Thomas Harvey		Dwain Smith		Kim Swan
Constituency Three/St. Davids		Lovitta Foggo		Antoine Cannonier[10]				Lovitta Foggo[10]
Constituency Four/St. George’s South		Tinée Furbert[10]		Kimberlee Pitcher[10]				Tinée Furbert[10]

Hamilton Parish

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	PLP		OBA		FDM
Electoral District Five/Hamilton East		Derrick Burgess		Elizabeth Harvey		Desmond Crockwell		Derrick Burgess
Electoral District Six/Hamilton West		Wayne Furbert		Simone Barton				Wayne Furbert
Electoral District Seven/Hamilton South		Anthony Richardson		Robin Tucker		Cheryl Packwood		Sylvan Richards Jr.

Smith's Parish

Electoral District	Candidates				Incumbent
	PLP		OBA
Constituency Eight/Smith’s South		Owen Darrell		Cole Simons		N. Cole Simons
Constituency Nine/Smith’s West		Vance Campbell[11]		Vic Ball[11]		Vacant
Constituency Ten/Smith’s North		Ernest Peets Jr		Michael Dunkley		Michael Dunkley

Devonshire Parish

Electoral District	Candidates								Incumbent
	PLP		OBA		FDM		Independent
Constituency 11/Devonshire East		Thomas Christopher Famous		Patricia Gordon-Pamplin						Christopher Famous
Constituency 12/Devonshire South Central		Lindsay Kathleen Simmons		Craig Cannonier		Patrice Minors		Marilyn Louise Steede		Craig Cannonier
Constituency 13/Devonshire North Central		Diallo Rabain		Charles Francis Batson Swan		Leighsa Darrell-Augustus				Diallo Rabain
Constituency 14//Devonshire North West		Wayne Caines		Catherine Kempe						Wayne Caines

Pembroke Parish

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	PLP		OBA		FDM
Constituency 15/Pembroke East		Walter Henri Roban		Scott Stewart				Walter Roban
Constituency 16/Pembroke East Central		Michael Weeks						Michael Weeks
Constituency 17/Pembroke Central		Jason Hayward						Jason Hayward
Constituency 18/Pembroke West Central		Edward David Burt		Nick Kempe		Enda Matthie		Edward David Burt
Constituency 19/Pembroke West		Jache Adams[12]		Marcus Jones[12]		Leyoni Junos		Jeanne Atherden
Constituency 20/Pembroke South West		Davida Marie Morris		Susan Jackson				Susan Jackson
Constituency 21/Pembroke South East		Curtis Dickinson				Gavin Smith		Rolfe Commissiong[13]

Paget Parish

Electoral District	Candidates				Incumbent
	PLP		OBA
Constituency 22/Paget East		Curtis Peadel Richardson		Scott Pearman		Scott Pearman
Constituency 23/Paget West		Arianna Jasmin Leigha Hodgson		Jarion Richardson		Patricia Gordon Pamplin

Warwick Parish

Electoral District	Candidates								Incumbent
	PLP		OBA		FDM		Independent
Constituency 24/Warwick South East		W. Lawrence Scott		Tarik Smith						Lawrence Scott
Constituency 25/Warwick North East		Ianthia Simmons-Wade[12]		Jon Leslie Brunson						Curtis Dickinson[14]
Constituency 26/Warwick South Central		Neville Tyrrell								Neville Tyrrell
Constituency 27/Warwick North Central		David Arnold Burch		Douglas Seraphim James DeCouto		Collingwood Robinson		Antoine Raynor Maria Antoinette Seaman		David Burch
Constituency 28/Warwick West		Dennis James Ryan Lister		Dwayne Vernell Robinson						Dennis Lister III

Southampton Parish

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	PLP		OBA		FDM
Constituency 29/Southampton East		Zane DeSilva		DaQuan Jahki Lamel Scott				Zane De Silva
Constituency 30/Southampton East Central		Jason Russell Weathered Wade		Leah Kimberly Scott				Leah Scott
Constituency 31/Southampton West Central		Crystal Camille Caesar		Benjamin Anthony Smith		*		Ben Smith
Constituency 32/Southampton West		Scott Arthur Simmons		Karen Louise Magnum		Christopher Paul Gauntlett		Scott Simmons

• - Kae Thomas Palacio filed as a candidate for the FDM in constituency 31 but withdrew her candidacy and resigned from the FDM before election day.[15]

Sandys Parish

Electoral District	Candidates								Incumbent
	PLP		OBA		FDM		Independent
Constituency 33/Sandys South		Jamahl Simmons				Christina Eliot Storey				Jamahl Simmons
Constituency 34/Sandys South Central		Kim N. Wilson		Nicky Gurret		Clarence E. Dean				Kim Wilson
Constituency 35/Sandys North Central		Dennis Patrick Lister		Michael Cann		Tiana Pamela Butterfield Saltus				Dennis Lister
Constituency 36/Sandys North		Kathy Lynn Simmons		Jefferson Colby Sousa		Marc Allan Bean				Michael Scott

Preliminary results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Labour Party	15,995	62.09	30	+6
	One Bermuda Alliance	8,314	32.27	6	–6
	Free Democratic Movement	1,384	5.37	0	0
	Independents	67	0.26	0	0
Total		25,760	100.00	36	0
Valid votes		25,760	99.15
Invalid/blank votes		220	0.85
Total votes		25,980	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		42,638	60.93
Source: Parliamentary Registry

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