 |
|---|
General elections were held in Montserrat in November 1978. [1] The result was a victory for the People's Liberation Movement (PLM), which won all seven seats in the Legislative Council. PLM leader John Osborne became Chief Minister. [1]
| |
|---|
General elections were held in Montserrat in November 1978. [1] The result was a victory for the People's Liberation Movement (PLM), which won all seven seats in the Legislative Council. PLM leader John Osborne became Chief Minister. [1]
A total of 18 candidates contested the elections; both the PLM and the ruling Progressive Democratic Party nominated seven candidates, with four independents also running. [1]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Liberation Movement | 2,695 | 62.10 | 7 | New | |
| Progressive Democratic Party | 1,442 | 33.23 | 0 | –6 | |
| Independents | 203 | 4.68 | 0 | –1 | |
| Total | 4,340 | 100.00 | 7 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,340 | 97.75 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 100 | 2.25 | |||
| Total votes | 4,440 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,679 | 78.18 | |||
| Source: Emmanuel [2] | |||||
| Constituency | Elected MP | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Central | J S Dublin | People's Liberation Movement |
| Eastern | N Tuitt | People's Liberation Movement |
| North-Western | John Osborne | People's Liberation Movement |
| Northern | J B Chalmers | People's Liberation Movement |
| Plymouth | F Margetson | People's Liberation Movement |
| Southern | J A Taylor | People's Liberation Movement |
| Windward | T E Meade | People's Liberation Movement |
Sir Vere Cornwall Bird, KNH was the first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. His son, Lester Bryant Bird, succeeded him as Prime Minister. In 1994 he was declared a national hero.
New Britain was a minor British right wing political party founded by Dennis Delderfield in 1976. The party was de-registered in November 2008.
Elections in Montserrat take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a parliamentary system. The Legislative Assembly is directly elected, and a Chief Minister is selected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Assembly.
The People's Labour Movement was a political party in Grenada founded by Francis Alexis. It was one of the oldest political parties of Grenada. It became defunct after the 2008 elections.
The Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP), also known simply as Labour, is a centre-left political party in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is currently in government in the country after winning six of the eleven seats in the 2022 general election. It is the oldest active political party in the English-speaking Caribbean.
Guatemalan Christian Democracy was a political party in Guatemala. A moderate, reformist and anti-Communist party, it was a member of Christian Democrat International.
General elections were held in Montserrat on 25 August 1987. The result was a victory for the People's Liberation Movement (PLM), which won four of the seven seats in the Legislative Council. PLM leader John Osborne remained Chief Minister.
General elections were held in Montserrat on 8 October 1991. The result was a victory for the National Progressive Party (NPP), which won four of the seven seats in the Legislative Council. NPP leader Reuben Meade became Chief Minister.
General elections were held in Montserrat on 11 November 1996. The result was a hung parliament, with no party holding more than two seats. Although the People's Progressive Alliance received the largest number of votes, Bertrand Osborne of the Movement for National Reconstruction became Chief Minister after forming a coalition government with the National Progressive Party and an independent MP.
General elections were held in Montserrat on 2 April 2001. The result was a victory for the New People's Liberation Movement (NLPM), which won seven of the nine seats in the Legislative Council. NLPM leader John Osborne became Chief Minister.
The Partido Lakas ng Masa is a democratic socialist political party in the Philippines. Created in 2009, it includes as its affiliate the labor group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino and is Sanlakas' political party for purposes of contesting non-party-list elections. It is the umbrella group of various organizations such as Zone One Tondo Organization (ZOTO) and Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng Maralita ng Lungsod (KPML).
General elections were held in Montserrat in 1966. The result was a victory for the Montserrat Labour Party, which won five of the seven seats in the Legislative Council. MLP leader William Henry Bramble remained Chief Minister.
General elections were held in Montserrat on 15 December 1970. The result was a victory for the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), which won all seven seats in the Legislative Council, whilst the Montserrat Labour Party (MLP), which had won every election since the introduction of universal suffrage in 1951, lost all four of its seats. PDP leader Percival Austin Bramble became Chief Minister, replacing his father and MLP leader, William Henry Bramble.
General elections were held in Montserrat in February 1983. The result was a victory for the People's Liberation Movement (PLM), which won five of the seven seats in the Legislative Council. PLM leader John Osborne remained Chief Minister.
The Montserrat Labour Party (MLP) was a political party in Montserrat.
The People's Liberation Movement (PLM) was a political party in Montserrat.
General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 9 December 2015. The result was a victory for the Unity Labour Party, which retained its one seat majority. However, the NDP has challenged the results in two constituencies, North Windward, and Central Leeward.
General elections were held in Barbados on 24 May 2018. The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), which won all 30 seats in the House of Assembly, resulting in BLP leader Mia Mottley becoming the country's first female Prime Minister. The BLP's victory was the first time a party had won every seat in the House of Assembly. Previously, the most one-sided result for a Barbadian election had been in 1999, when the BLP won 26 of the 28 seats. The BLP's 73.5 percent vote share was also the highest on record.
General elections were held in Montserrat on 18 November 2019 for the nine elected seats in the Legislative Assembly. The result was a victory for the opposition Movement for Change and Prosperity, which won five of the nine elected seats.
Joseph Junior Sylvester Atherley is a Barbadian religious minister and politician who served as Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly of Barbados from 2018 to 2022, and as leader of the People's Party for Democracy and Development since 8 June 2019.
