2014 Montserratian general election

2014 Montserratian general election

11 September 2014 (2014-09-11)
All 9 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat 5 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Donaldson Romeo Reuben Meade Party PDM MCAP Last election New 6 seats, 52.64% Seats won 7 seats 2 seats Seat change New 4 Popular vote 11,702 8,319 Percentage 49.90% 35.47% Swing New 17.17pp
Winning party by polling division
Premier before election Reuben Meade MCAP Premier after election Donaldson Romeo PDM

General elections were held in Montserrat on 11 September 2014. The result was a victory for the newly established People's Democratic Movement, which won seven of the nine elected seats in the Legislative Assembly.

Electoral system

At the time of the election, the Legislative Assembly had eleven members, of which nine were elected. The other two seats were taken by the Attorney General and the Financial Secretary. The territory was a single nine-member constituency, with voters able to vote for nine candidates on their ballot paper.

Campaign

A new party, the People's Democratic Movement (PDM), was established by leader of the opposition Donaldson Romeo on 30 April 2014, in order to contest the elections. A total 31 candidates contested the elections; the ruling Movement for Change and Prosperity and the PDM both put forward a full slate of nine candidates, the Alliance of Independent Candidates had three independent candidates, with ten other independents also running.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Democratic Movement	11,702	49.90	7	New
	Movement for Change and Prosperity	8,319	35.47	2	–4
	Alliance of Independent Candidates	974	4.15	0	New
	Independents	2,456	10.47	0	–3
Total		23,451	100.00	9	0
Total votes		2,747	–
Registered voters/turnout		3,866	71.06
Source: Government of Montserrat

By candidate

Candidate	Party		Votes	Notes
Donaldson Romeo		People's Democratic Movement	1,695	Elected
Ingrid Buffonge		People's Democratic Movement	1,615	Elected
Paul Lewis		People's Democratic Movement	1,507	Elected
David Osborne		People's Democratic Movement	1,378	Elected
Joseph Farrell		Movement for Change and Prosperity	1,331	Elected
Delmaude Ryan		People's Democratic Movement	1,205	Elected
Reuben T. Meade		Movement for Change and Prosperity	1,156	Elected
Claude Hogan		People's Democratic Movement	1,128	Elected
Gregory Willock		People's Democratic Movement	1,117	Elected
Charles Kirnon		Movement for Change and Prosperity	1,085
David Duberry		People's Democratic Movement	1,062
Emile Duberry		People's Democratic Movement	995
Jermaine Wade		Movement for Change and Prosperity	893
Colin Riley		Movement for Change and Prosperity	878
Samuel Joseph		Movement for Change and Prosperity	874
Leroy Greaves		Movement for Change and Prosperity	814
Brenda Daley		Movement for Change and Prosperity	754
Victor James		Independent	662
Crenston Buffonge		Independent	540
Geraldine Cabey		Independent	537
Justin 'Hero' Cassell		Movement for Change and Prosperity	534
Lowell Lewis		Alliance of Independent Candidates	472
Joel Osborne		Independent	325
Claude Gerald		Alliance of Independent Candidates	278
David Tuitt		Alliance of Independent Candidates	224
Hylroy Bramble		Independent	108
Norman Cassell		Independent	82
Alaric Lynch		Independent	77
Wilford Meade		Independent	68
Catherine Tuitt		Independent	32
Winston Pond		Independent	25