IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Cook Islands

Cook Islands

17,462	8
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
10,917	85.55%
Registered Voters (as of July 2, 2018)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Cook Islands Parliament		Assembly

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II *
Head of Government: Prime Minister Henry PUNA
Assembly: Cook Islands has a unicameral Parliament with 24 seats.

* The Queen is represented by Tom MARSTERS and New Zealand High Commissioner Joanna KEMPKERS.

Description of electoral system:

The Queen is hereditary.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the governor-general. The leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition usually becomes prime minister.
In the Parliament 24 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms. Ten MPs are from the main island of Rarotonga and the rest are from the outer islands.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Cook Islands Parliament	1999-06-16	9,430	10,600	88.96
Cook Islands Parliament	2004-09-07	8,328	-	-
Cook Islands Parliament	2006-09-26	8,497	9,772	86.95
Referendum	2010-11-17	8,418	8,418	100.0
Cook Islands Parliament	2010-11-17	8,418	10,346	81.36
Cook Islands Parliament	2014-07-09	8,364	10,394	80.47
Cook Islands Parliament	2018-06-14	8,250	10,917	75.57
Cook Islands Parliament	2022-08-01	-	-	-

Voter Turnout

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