2019 Montserratian general election

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2019 Montserratian general election
Flag of Montserrat.svg
  2014 18 November 2019 (2019-11-18) 2024  

9 of the 11 seats in the Legislative Assembly
5 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.52% (Decrease2.svg 8.54pp)
 First partySecond party
  J E Taylor-Farrell (cropped).jpg 3x4.svg
Leader Easton Taylor-Farrell Paul Lewis
Party MCAP PDM
Last election35.36%, 2 seats50.02%, 7 seats
Seats won53
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote8,5115,969
Percentage42.66%29.92%

Montserratian general election, 2019.svg
Winning party by polling division

Premier before election

Donaldson Romeo
PDM

Elected Premier

Easton Taylor-Farrell
MCAP

Map of the polling districts Montserrat electoral districts.svg
Map of the polling districts

General elections were held in Montserrat on 18 November 2019 for the nine elected seats in the Legislative Assembly. [1] The result was a victory for the opposition Movement for Change and Prosperity, which won five of the nine elected seats.

Contents

Electoral system

The Legislative Assembly has eleven members, of which nine are elected. The other two seats are taken by the Attorney General and the Financial Secretary. [2] The territory is a single nine-member constituency, with voters able to vote for up to nine candidates on their ballot paper [2] under plurality-at-large voting.

Campaign

A total of 35 candidates contested the elections. The Movement for Change and Prosperity was the only party to put forward a full slate of nine candidates, with the ruling People's Democratic Movement (PDM) putting forward seven. Two new parties contested the elections; the Montserrat United Labour Party had five candidates and the Montserrat National Congress three. Eleven independent candidates also ran, including incumbent Premier Donaldson Romeo, who announced he would run as an independent after he was ousted as leader of the PDM shortly after announcing the elections had been called. [3]

Results

The Movement for Change and Prosperity gained three seats, earning a majority in the Legislative Assembly. The People's Democratic Movement lost four seats and was reduced to only three MLAs. Romeo was re-elected as the sole independent MLA. [3]

Montserrat Assemblee legislative 2019.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Movement for Change and Prosperity 8,51142.665+3
People's Democratic Movement 5,96929.923–4
Montserrat United Labour Party1,2276.150New
Montserrat National Congress8284.150New
Independents3,41417.111+1
Ex officio members20
Total19,949100.00110
Valid votes2,40399.63
Invalid/blank votes90.37
Total votes2,412100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,85862.52
Source: Caribbean Elections, elections.ms

By candidate

CandidatePartyVotes%Notes
Crenston Buffonge Movement for Change and Prosperity 1,37857.34Elected
Paul Lewis People's Democratic Movement 1,25152.06Elected
Joseph Farrell Movement for Change and Prosperity 1,21050.35Elected
Donaldson Romeo Independent1,06044.11Elected
Veronica Dorsette Movement for Change and Prosperity 1,00741.91Elected
Samuel Joseph Movement for Change and Prosperity 99841.53Elected
Charles Kirnon Movement for Change and Prosperity 97040.37Elected
David Osborne People's Democratic Movement 94739.41Elected
Claude Hogan People's Democratic Movement 87336.33Elected
Dwayne Hixon People's Democratic Movement 86235.87
Ingrid BuffongeIndependent86135.83
Jenzil Skerritt Movement for Change and Prosperity 85435.54
Charlesworth Phillip Movement for Change and Prosperity 82234.21
Roselyn Cassell-Sealy Movement for Change and Prosperity 72230.05
Emile Duberry People's Democratic Movement 69829.05
Delmaude Ryan People's Democratic Movement 68728.59
David Duberry People's Democratic Movement 65127.09
Norman Cassell Movement for Change and Prosperity 55022.89
Peter QueeleyMontserrat United Labour Party48220.06
Gregory WillockMontserrat National Congress40516.85
Lowell Lewis Montserrat National Congress32713.61
Victor James Sr.Independent30812.82
Shirley Osborne Independent25310.53
Jermaine WadeMontserrat United Labour Party24410.15
Veta WadeIndependent2339.70
Franklyn GreavesMontserrat United Labour Party2048.49
Bertram LeeMontserrat United Labour Party2048.49
Alvin GeraldIndependent1968.16
Eulyn Silcott-GreavesIndependent1425.91
Karen AllenIndependent1204.99
Dunstan LindesayIndependent984.08
Chedmond BrowneMontserrat National Congress964.00
Keithroy MorsonMontserrat United Labour Party933.87
Glenn FrancisIndependent923.83
Wilford MeadeIndependent512.12
Total19,949100.00

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References

  1. "Montserrat celebrará sus elecciones generales el 18 de noviembre". Diario Libre (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  2. 1 2 Montserrat IFES Election Guide
  3. 1 2 Montserrat General Election Results - 18 November 2019 Caribbean Elections