General elections were held in Turks and Caicos Islands on 15 December 2016.

[1] The result was a victory for the People's Democratic Movement (PDM), with Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson becoming the islands' first female Premier.

[2] Following the election outgoing Prime Minister Rufus Ewing resigned as Progressive National Party (PNP) leader and quit politics.

[5] A total of 31 candidates contested the 10 single-member constituencies; the PDM and PNP both ran full slates of 10 candidates, whilst the Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) had eight.

There were also 21 candidates in the at-large constituency, five each from the PDM and PNP, four from the PDA and seven independents.