50% of seats held by less than 50% of votes

(CNS): The realities of ‘one man, one vote’ in single-member constituencies, given the size of electoral districts in Cayman, came home to voters after the 2017 General Election, when they found themselves with a government that no one had voted for, and in some constituencies a representative that was supported by less than half of the voters. Nine of the 19 seats in parliament are held by MPs who were supported by less than 50% of those who voted.

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