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People's Democratic Movement | |
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| Abbreviation | PDM |
| Leader | Edwin Astwood |
| Chairperson | Patricia Saunders-Missick |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Ideology | Conservatism Christian democracy[1] |
| Political position | Centre-right[2] |
| International affiliation | International Democracy Union Caribbean Democrat Union[3] |
| Colours | Blue Gold |
| UK affiliation | none |
| House of Assembly | 2 / 21 |
| Website | |
| pdmtci.com | |
ThePeople's Democratic Movement is apolitical party in theTurks and Caicos Islands founded byJames Alexander George Smith McCartney and Lewis Edwin Astwood III. The party is led by the current opposition leader,Edwin Astwood.
According to the PDM's website, the People's Democratic Movement (PDM) is the oldest established political organization in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Founded in October 1975, the PDM was the first party to be elected to head the Government.
At the 2003legislativeelections, the party won 7 out of 13 seats. It lost two of these seats at a by-election on 7 August 2003. In the 9 February 2007elections the party won only 2 out of 15 seats.
In July 2012,Oswald Skippings was elected as the leader of the PDM, whileSharlene Cartwright-Robinson defeated Sean Astwood to become the party's first-ever female deputy leader.[4] The party fielded 15 candidates in the2012 election.[5]On November 9, 2012 the PDM was defeated by the PNP and Oswald Skippings stepped down as leader.
| Election | Leader | No. of votes | Share of votes | Seats | Result |
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| 1976 | JAGS McCartney | 956 | 39.8% | 5 / 11 | Government (withindependents) |
| 1980 | Oswald Skippings | 1,134 | 39.6% | 3 / 11 | Opposition |
| 1984 | Clement Howell | 1,246 | 38.8% | 3 / 11 | Opposition |
| 1988 | Oswald Skippings | 5,495 | 59.7% | 11 / 13 | Government |
| 1991 | Oswald Skippings | 4,542 | 48.4% | 8 / 13 | Opposition |
| 1995 | Derek Taylor | 2,058 | 49.9% | 8 / 13 | Government |
| 1999 | Derek Taylor | 2,362 | 52.2% | 9 / 13 | Government |
| 2003 | Derek Taylor | 2,747 | 50.2% | 6 / 13 | Opposition |
| 2007 | Floyd Seymour | 2,320 | 39.1% | 2 / 15 | Opposition |
| 2012 | Oswald Skippings | 3,164 | 44.8% | 7 / 15 | Opposition |
| 2016 | Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson | 3,169 | 51.2% | 10 / 15 | Government |
| 2021 | Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson | 2,888 | 44.7% | 1 / 15 | Opposition |
| 2025 | Edwin Astwood | 2,578 | 38.14% | 2 / 21 | Opposition |
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