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2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election

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2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election

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11 of the 15 seats in the National Assembly
6 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Shawn Richards Mark Brantley
Party PAM CCM
Alliance Team Unity Team Unity
Leader since 2012 29 October 2017
Leader's seat St Christopher #5 Nevis #9
Last election 27.90%, 4 seats 13.04%, 2 seats
Seats won 4 3
Seat change Steady Increase1
Popular vote 8,067 3,510
Percentage 29.00% 12.62%
Swing Increase1.10pp Decrease0.42pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Denzil Douglas Timothy Harris
Party SKNLP PLP
Alliance None Team Unity
Leader since 1989 17 June 2013
Leader's seat St Christopher #6 St Christopher #7
Last election 39.27%, 3 seats 8.99%, 1 seat
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 10,316 3,681
Percentage 37.09% 13.23%
Swing Decrease2.18pp Increase4.24pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Timothy Harris
PLP

Elected Prime Minister

Timothy Harris
PLP

General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on Friday 5 June 2020.[1]

The ruling coalition, Team Unity consisting of PAM, CCM and PLP, won a landslide victory with nine out of the eleven directly elected deputies, and netting a combined 54.85% of the vote.[2] However, similar to the prior elections in 2015, the individual party that won the most votes (PAM) did not win the most seats.

Electoral system

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Eleven of the fifteen seats in the National Assembly are elected, with three other members appointed by the Governor-General at some point after the elections and one seat held by the Attorney-General.[3] The eleven elected seats are elected in single-member constituencies using plurality voting.[4]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party10,31637.092–1
People's Action Movement8,06729.0040
People's Labour Party3,68113.232+1
Concerned Citizens' Movement3,51012.623+1
Nevis Reformation Party2,2328.020–1
Independents110.0400
Appointed members40
Total27,817100.00150
Valid votes27,81799.23
Invalid/blank votes2150.77
Total votes28,032100.00
Registered voters/turnout48,07658.31
Source: Winn FM

Elected MPs

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Constituency MPs Party
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
Source:[1]

References

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