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Here
is a list of the electoral systems used by other Caribbean
states.
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| Country |
Electoral System |
Type |
Number of Reps. |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
17 |
| Aruba |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
21 |
| Bahamas |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
49 |
| Barbados |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
30 |
| Belize |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
29 |
| Bermuda |
block |
plurality |
40 |
| Cayman Islands |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
19 |
| Cuba |
two-round system |
majority |
589 |
| Dominica |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
31 |
| Dominican Republic |
party list |
proportional |
120 |
| Grenada |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
15 |
| Guadeloupe (France) |
two-round system |
majority |
42 |
| Guyana |
party list |
proportional |
53 |
| Haiti |
two-round system |
majority |
83 |
| Jamaica |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
60 |
| Martinique (France) |
two-round system |
majority |
45 |
| Montserrat |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
7 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
party list |
proportional |
27 |
| Puerto Rico (USA) |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
53 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
11 |
| St. Lucia |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
17 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
15 |
| Suriname |
party list |
proportional |
51 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
36 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
13 |
| Virgin Islands (UK) |
first-past-the-post |
plurality |
9 |
| Virgin Islands (USA) |
block |
plurality |
15 |
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sources:
Some of this material has been adapted from the U.S. Department of State publication, Principles of Democracy. |
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