2010 Cook Islands general election

2010 Cook Islands general election
Cook Islands
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All 24 seats in the Parliament
13 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Cook Islands Henry Puna 43.80 16 +9
Democratic Robert Wigmore 38.54 8 −6
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Jim Marurai
Democratic
Henry Puna
Cook Islands

General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 17 November 2010[1] in order to elect 24 MPs to the Cook Islands Parliament. The elections were won by the Cook Islands Party, which won 16 of the 24 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 78%.[3]

A binding referendum on whether the number of MPs should be reduced from 24 was held at the same time as the election.[4]

Parliament will sit for the first time following the election in February 2011.[5]

  1. ^ "Cook Islands leader announces election date". Radio New Zealand International. 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  2. ^ "CIP secures 16 seats". Cook Islands News. 2010-11-27. Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  3. ^ "Voter turnout down". Cook Islands News. 2010-11-27. Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  4. ^ "Cooks referendum during November election". Radio New Zealand International. 2010-09-10. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  5. ^ "Parliament due to sit in February". Cook Islands news. 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2010-11-26.

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