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Elections 2025
Independents will be kingmakers after inconclusive election result
After a rollercoaster campaign and a night of drama as the votes were counted, the Cayman Islands is right back where it was in 2021.
An inconclusive election result has left the major political groups scrambling to form a coalition that can lead the country. The kingmakers – yet again – are likely to be the independents in the eastern districts.
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Cayman Compass
Election night as it happened
The People’s Progressive Movement took seven seats. Independent Chris Saunders, who retained his seat in Bodden Town West, has said the PPM are the only party he will work with.
The Cayman Islands National Party lost its leader Dan Scott in Cayman Brac but took four seats, including the biggest shock of the night as Julie Hunter ended McKeeva Bush’s 40-year run in Parliament.
The Caymanian Community Party also took four seats. Those two groups were expected to quickly come together in a coalition of eight.
That leaves two major groups locked at 8-8 in a race to get the 10 seats necessary to form a government.
