2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on Friday 5 June 2020.[1]
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The ruling coalition, Team Unity consisting of PAM, CCM and PLP, won a landslide victory with nine out of the eleven directly elected deputies.[2]
Electoral system
Eleven of the fifteen seats in the National Assembly are elected, with the other four members appointed by the Governor-General at some point after the elections.[3] The eleven elected seats are elected in single-member constituencies using plurality voting.[4]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party | 10,316 | 37.09 | 2 | –1 | |
| People's Action Movement | 8,067 | 29.00 | 4 | 0 | |
| People's Labour Party | 3,681 | 13.23 | 2 | +1 | |
| Concerned Citizens' Movement | 3,510 | 12.62 | 3 | +1 | |
| Nevis Reformation Party | 2,232 | 8.02 | 0 | –1 | |
| Independents | 11 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Appointed members | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27,817 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 27,817 | 99.23 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 215 | 0.77 | |||
| Total votes | 28,032 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 48,076 | 58.31 | |||
| Source: Winn FM | |||||
Elected MPs
| Constituency | MPs | Party | |
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| St Christopher #1 | Geoffrey Hanley | Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party | |
| St Christopher #2 | Jonel Powell | People's Action Movement | |
| St Christopher #3 | Akilah Byron-Nisbett | People's Labour Party | |
| St Christopher #4 | Lindsay Grant | People's Action Movement | |
| St Christopher #5 | Shawn Richards | People's Action Movement | |
| St Christopher #6 | Denzil Douglas | Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party | |
| St Christopher #7 | Timothy Harris | People's Labour Party | |
| St Christopher #8 | Eugene Hamilton | People's Action Movement | |
| Nevis #9 | Mark Brantley | Concerned Citizens' Movement | |
| Nevis #10 | Eric Evelyn | Concerned Citizens' Movement | |
| Nevis #11 | Alexis Jeffers | Concerned Citizens' Movement | |
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References
- PM Names June 5 as Election Day St Kitts & Nevis Observer, 18 May 2020
- Election 2020 – Landslide victory for Team Unity in St Kitts and Nevis
- Team Unity declared official winners of St Kitts Election Archived 2015-02-20 at the Wayback Machine The Daily Observer, 17 February 2015
- Electoral system IPU
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