Politics of The Cook Islands - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

For other political parties see List of political parties in the Cook Islands. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in the Cook Islands.
e • d Summary of the 26 September 2006 Cook Islands election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Democratic Party 4,420 52% 14
Cook Islands Party 3,846 45.3% 7
Independents 231 2.7% 2
Total 8,497 84.4 23
Source: Final results of the Cook Islands election 2006

The electorate of Akaoa was tied, resulting in a by-election.

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