2000 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election

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2000 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg
  1995
6 March 2000
2004  

11 of 15 seats in the National Assembly
6 seats needed for a majority
Registered34,166
Turnout64.24% (Decrease2.svg 4.14pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Denzil L Douglas.jpg Vance Amory (cropped).jpeg Joseph Parry 2011.jpg
Leader Denzil Douglas Vance Amory Joseph Parry
Party SKNLP CCM NRP
Last election49.58%, 7 seats8.22%, 2 seats7.03%, 1 seat
Seats won821
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote11,7621,9011,710
Percentage53.85%8.70%7.83%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.27ppIncrease2.svg 0.48ppIncrease2.svg 0.80pp

2000 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election results by constituency.svg
Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Denzil Douglas
SKNLP

Elected Prime Minister

Denzil Douglas
SKNLP

General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 6 March 2000. [1] The result was a victory for the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, which won eight of the eleven directly-elected seats. Voter turnout was 64.2%. [2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party 11,76253.858+1
People's Action Movement 6,46829.610–1
Concerned Citizens' Movement 1,9018.7020
Nevis Reformation Party 1,7107.8310
Appointed members40
Total21,841100.00150
Valid votes21,84199.51
Invalid/blank votes1080.49
Total votes21,949100.00
Registered voters/turnout34,16664.24
Source: Caribbean Elections

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p574 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p577