United National Movement (Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla)

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The United National Movement was a political party in Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. The party first contested national elections in 1961, when they received 7% of the vote and won two seats. [1] In the 1966 elections their vote share fell to 6% and they lost one of their two seats. In the 1971 elections their vote share dropped again, this time to 4% and they lost their sole seat. [1] The party did not contest any further elections. [2]

The party represented Nevisian interests and opposed Saint Kitts' domination of the state. In 1962, the party's acting leader Eugene Walwyn led a delegation to request secession from Saint Kitts. However, he modified his stance and cooperated with the Labour Party to accept three-island statehood, and later received the position of attorney general. Many Nevisians felt betrayed and abandoned the UNM, and the People's Action Movement ended up winning the first Nevisian local council elections in 1967. While the party has since become defunct, its secessionist views live on in the modern Nevis Reformation Party. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp576-578 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ↑ Nohlen, p575
  3. ↑ Alexander, Robert J (1982). POLITICAL PARTIES OF THE AMERICAS (2 ed.). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 628. ISBN   0-313-23754-9.
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