2015 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election

2015 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election

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11 of 15 seats to the National Assembly 6 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.19%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Shawn Richards Denzil Douglas Vance Amory Party PAM SKNLP CCM Alliance Team Unity None Team Unity Leader's seat St Christopher #5 St Christopher #6 Nevis #10 Last election 32.24%, 2 seats 46.96%, 6 seats 10.99%, 2 seats Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 8,452 11,897 3,951 Percentage 27.90% 39.27% 13.04% Swing 4.34pp 7.69pp 2.05pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Joseph Parry Timothy Harris Party NRP PLP Alliance None Team Unity Leader's seat Did not run St Christopher #7 Last election 9.75%, 1 seat – Seats won 1 1 Seat change New Popular vote 3,276 2,723 Percentage 10.81% 9.0% Swing 1.06pp New
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Denzil Douglas SKNLP Elected Prime Minister Timothy Harris PLP

General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 16 February 2015. The ruling Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, was defeated by Team Unity, an alliance of the Concerned Citizens' Movement, the People's Action Movement, and the People's Labour Party, led by Timothy Harris.

Campaign

Prior to the elections, three opposition parties, the People's Action Movement, the People's Labour Party and the Concerned Citizens' Movement formed the Team Unity alliance. ^[1] The three parties did not field candidates against each other, and formed the sole opposition to the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party on Saint Kitts and to the Nevis Reformation Party on Nevis.

Electoral system

Eleven of the fifteen seats in the National Assembly were elected, with three other members appointed by the Governor-General at some point after the elections and one seat held by the Attorney-General. ^[2] The eleven elected seats were elected in single-member constituencies using plurality voting. ^[3]

Results

On Saint Kitts, the People's Action Movement won four of the eight seats, whilst the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party lost half their seats. Contesting their first elections, the People's Labour Party won one seat. On Nevis, two seats were won by the Concerned Citizens' Movement and the third by the Nevis Reformation Party. ^[1]

The outgoing coalition (SKNLP and NRP) secured 50.08% of votes but got only 4 seats due to the single-member plurality electoral system. This was also the first election in the country where the individual party that won the most votes did not win the most seats.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party	11,897	39.27	3	–3
	People's Action Movement	8,452	27.90	4	+2
	Concerned Citizens' Movement	3,951	13.04	2	0
	Nevis Reformation Party	3,276	10.81	1	0
	People's Labour Party	2,723	8.99	1	New
Appointed members				4	0
Total		30,299	100.00	15	0
Valid votes		30,299	99.49
Invalid/blank votes		156	0.51
Total votes		30,455	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		42,185	72.19
Source: SKN Vibes

Elected MPs

MPs		Party	Constituency
	Ian Liburd	People's Action Movement	St Christopher #1
	Marcella Liburd	Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party	St Christopher #2
	Konris Maynard	Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party	St Christopher #3
	Lindsay Grant	People's Action Movement	St Christopher #4
	Shawn Richards	People's Action Movement	St Christopher #5
	Denzil Douglas	Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party	St Christopher #6
	Timothy Harris	People's Labour Party	St Christopher #7
	Eugene Hamilton	People's Action Movement	St Christopher #8
	Mark Brantley	Concerned Citizens' Movement	Nevis #9
	Vance Amory	Concerned Citizens' Movement	Nevis #10
	Patrice Nisbett	Nevis Reformation Party	Nevis #11

References

1. Team Unity wins St Kitts and Nevis 2015 general election Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean Elections, 17 February 2015
2. Team Unity declared official winners of St Kitts Election Archived 2015-02-20 at the Wayback Machine The Daily Observer, 17 February 2015
3. Electoral system IPU