News Americas, PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saturday November 10, 2012: The Progressive National Party has returned to the governance in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Preliminary figures show that the PNP, headed by Dr. Rufus Ewing, won six of the 10 electoral districts. The main challenger, the People’s Democratic Movement, headed by a former premier, Oswald Skipping, won the other four districts.
The figures show that overall, the PNP secured 6,293 votes or 49.13 per cent while the PDM tallied 6, 191 or 48.3 per cent of the popular votes.
The win came three years after the PNP was removed from office at the height of a corruption scandal that involved then Premier Michael Misick.
