2022 Nevis Island Assembly election

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2022 Nevis Island Assembly election
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  2017 12 December 2022Next 

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
NRP
Leader Mark Brantley Janice Daniel-Hodge
Party CCM NRP
Last election56.7%, 4 seats43.3%, 1 seat
Seats won32
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote3,9303,543
Percentage52.4%47.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.3ppIncrease2.svg3.9pp

Premier before election

Mark Brantley
CCM

Premier after election

Mark Brantley
CCM

Island Assembly elections were held in Nevis on 12 December 2022 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 3 of the 5 seats. The opposition Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) won 2 seats, gaining the parish of St James'. [1]

Election results

PartyVotes%Seats
Concerned Citizens' Movement 3,93052.393
Nevis Reformation Party 3,54347.232
Moral Restoration Movement280.370
Appointed members3
Total7,501100.008
Valid votes7,50199.32
Invalid/blank votes510.68
Total votes7,552100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,11057.60
Source: St Kitts & Nevis Observer [1] [2]

By parish

St Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%
CCM Spencer Brand63151.1%
NRP Jaedee Caines60448.9%
Total valid votes1235
Informal votes0
Rejected ballots5
Turnout 1,24053.98
Registered electors 2,297
St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%
CCM Mark Brantley 1,31352.6%
NRP Patricia Bartlette1,16646.7%
Moral Restoration Movement Samuel Caines170.7%
Total valid votes2,493
Informal votes6
Rejected ballots19
Turnout 2,51856.14
Registered electors 4,485
St George's
PartyCandidateVotes%
CCM Eric Evelyn73670.3%
NRP Rohan Isles31129.7%
Total valid votes1,048
Informal votes0
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 1,05858.13
Registered electors 1,820
St James'
PartyCandidateVotes%
NRP Janice Daniel-Hodge 75049.9%
CCM Alexis Jeffers 74249.4%
Moral Restoration Movement Patricia Mills-Jeffers110.7%
Total valid votes1,503
Informal votes5
Rejected ballots3
Turnout 1,51057.85
Registered electors 2,610
St Thomas'
PartyCandidateVotes%
NRP Cleone Stapleton Simmonds71258.4%
CCM Latoya Jones50841.6%
Total valid votes1,220
Informal votes2
Rejected ballots1
Turnout 1,22364.43
Registered electors 1,898

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Brantley-led CCM wins Nevis Island Assembly Elections". 2022-12-13.
  2. Dixon, Loshaun (2022-12-12). "Election Results: CCM wins nail biting NIA elections with three of the five seats". St Kitts & Nevis Observer. Retrieved 2022-12-13.