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Here is a list of the electoral systems used by other Caribbean states.

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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Some of this material has been adapted from the U.S. Department of State publication, Principles of Democracy.
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