2024 Montserratian general election

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2024 Montserratian general election
Flag of Montserrat.svg
  2019 24 October 2024Next 

9 of the 11 seats in the Legislative Assembly
5 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.42% (Increase2.svg 4.90pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Reuben Meade (cropped).jpg 3x4.svg 3x4.svg
Leader Reuben Meade Paul Lewis Samuel Joseph
Party UA PDM MCAP
Last election29.92%, 3 seats42.66%, 5 seats
Seats won531
Seat changeNewSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 4
Popular vote7,6765,7395,487
Percentage38.72%28.95%27.68%

Premier before election

Easton Taylor-Farrell
MCAP

Elected Premier

Reuben Meade
UA

General elections were held in Montserrat on 24 October 2024. [1]

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 island is a single nine-member constituency, with voters able to vote for up to nine candidates on their ballot paper under plurality-at-large voting. [2]

Candidates must receive at least 6% of the vote to be elected. If fewer than nine candidates receive more than 6% of the vote, a second round is held within 21 days. [3]

Campaign

In total, 34 candidates stood for election. [4]

Results

Montserrat Assemblee legislative 2024.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
United Alliance 7,67638.725New
People's Democratic Movement 5,73928.9530
Movement for Change and Prosperity 5,48727.681–4
Positive Progression for People370.190New
Independents 8874.470–1
Ex officio members20
Total19,826100.00110
Valid votes2,29598.16
Invalid/blank votes431.84
Total votes2,338100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,46867.42
Source: Government of Montserrat

By division

Division UA PDM MCP PPP Ind.
Division 1 (Salem)48.8728.8218.290.113.91
Division 2 (St. Peter)39.8931.6524.180.114.18
Division 3 (Cudjoe Head)31.2333.5030.390.274.60
Division 4 (Davy Hill)39.8229.7124.890.265.32
Division 5 (St. John)37.4027.7530.170.264.42
Division 6 (Look Out)36.6121.5337.270.134.46
Mobile Polling Station18.1231.7145.300.004.88
Montserrat38.7228.9527.680.194.47
Source: Government of Montserrat

By candidate

CandidatePartyVotes%Notes
Crenston Buffonge Movement for Change and Prosperity 1,09346.75Elected
Ingrid Ann Buffonge United Alliance 1,08646.45Elected
Reuben Meade United Alliance 1,06845.68Elected
John P. Osborne United Alliance 1,06745.64Elected
Veronica Dorsette United Alliance 98342.04Elected
Paul Lewis People's Democratic Movement 97641.75Elected
Donaldson Romeo People's Democratic Movement 84936.31Elected
Dwayne Hixon People's Democratic Movement 78633.62Elected
Nyota Mulcare People's Democratic Movement 78533.58Elected
Jermaine Wade People's Democratic Movement 77633.19
George Kirnon United Alliance 74131.69
Siobhan Tuitt Movement for Change and Prosperity]72330.92
Jenzil Skerritt United Alliance 72030.80
Anne Thomas United Alliance 68029.08
Joseph Farrell Movement for Change and Prosperity 67628.91Unseated
Glenville Daley People's Democratic Movement 62026.52
David Osborne People's Democratic Movement 60826.01Unseated
Samuel Joseph Movement for Change and Prosperity 59625.49Unseated
Gilmore Williams Movement for Change and Prosperity 58024.81
Marjorie Smith United Alliance 54523.31
Marval White Movement for Change and Prosperity 53122.71
Jamiel Greenaway Movement for Change and Prosperity 49921.34
Edris Wade Movement for Change and Prosperity 45819.59
Shirley Osborne People's Democratic Movement 41817.88
Alaric Lynch People's Democratic Movement 40717.41
Edith Fenton Movement for Change and Prosperity 33114.16
Eustace Osborne People's Democratic Movement 30012.83
Debra Lewis Independent 29712.70
Delmaude Ryan Independent 2139.11
Claude Gerald Independent 1375.86
Charlesworth Piper Independent 1074.58
Vickie Stephenson Independent 793.38
Wilford Meade Independent 542.31
Karen AllenPositive Progression for People371.58
Total19,826100.00
Source: Government of Montserrat

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