Polling Booths Open in Cook Islands

Polling booths open in Cook Islands

Polling is open in the Cook Islands where 11,000 registered voters will elect their leaders for the next four years.

Election of the Day: Cook Islands

Cook Islanders will, today, elect a new parliament. (The Cook Islands are a sovereign state in free association with New Zealand, which generally handles much, but not all, of their foreign affairs, but they are otherwise self-governing.) The Parliament of the Cook Islands is comprised of 24 seats, each elected in a single member district, FPTP vote. Given the modest population of the Cook Islands, the district size is well under 1000 people. Th…

Two-way battle – no clear majority as Cook Islands prepares for polls

By Rashneel Kumar, editor of the Cook Islands News An exclusive poll reveals a tight election with no clear winner, as the surging Cook Islands United Party (CIUP) challenges the governing Cook Islands Party (CIP) while cost-of-living concerns dominate voter focus. With just two days to go before the country heads to the elections on Wednesday (Thursday NZ time), a Cook Islands News election poll shows no clear winner, indicating a coalition wil…