2017 Nevis Island Assembly election

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2017 Nevis Island Assembly election
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  2013 18 December 2017 2022  

5 of the 8 seats in the Nevis Island Assembly
 First partySecond party
  Secretary Pompeo Meets with Saint Kitts and Nevis Foreign Affairs Minister Brantley (49430297112) (cropped).jpg Joseph Parry 2011.jpg
Leader Mark Brantley Joseph Parry
Party CCM NRP
Last election55.1%, 3 seats44.9%, 2 seats
Seats won41
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote3,7532,864
Percentage56.7%43.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.9ppDecrease2.svg2.9pp

Premier before election

Mark Brantley
CCM

Premier after election

Mark Brantley
CCM

Island Assembly elections were held in Nevis on 18 December 2017 to elect five members of the Nevis Island Assembly. [1]

Contents

The result was a win for the Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM), led by Mark Brantley, which won four of the five seats. The opposition Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) won one seat. [1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Concerned Citizens' Movement 3,75356.724
Nevis Reformation Party 2,86443.281
Appointed members3
Total6,617100.008
Source: NIA [1]

By parish

St Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%
CCM Spencer Brand59650.5%
NRP Robelto Hector 58549.5%
Total votes1,181
St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%
CCM Mark Brantley 1,33457.2%
NRP Hensley Daniel1,00042.8%
Total votes2,334
St George's
PartyCandidateVotes%
CCM Eric Evelyn76176.6%
NRP Cory Tyson23323.4%
Total votes994
St James'
PartyCandidateVotes%
CCM Alexis Jeffers 83361.2%
NRP Virgil Browne52838.8%
Total votes1,361
St Thomas'
PartyCandidateVotes%
NRP Joseph Parry 51869.3%
CCM Keith Scarborough22930.7%
Total votes747

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "CCM wins Nevis Island Assembly Elections". 2017-12-19.