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2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
← 2015 5 June 2020 2025 →
11 of 15 seats in the National Assembly
6 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Mark_Brantley_2015.jpg
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 28.91% 12.58%
Swing Increase1.01% Decrease0.46%
  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 10,355 3,731
Percentage 37.11% 13.37%
Swing Decrease2.16% Increase4.38%
Prime Minister before election

Timothy Harris
PLP

Elected Prime Minister

Timothy Harris
PLP

Politics of Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Nevis Nevis

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.[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

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party 10,355 37.10 2 –1
People's Action Movement 8,067 28.91 4 0
People's Labour Party 3,731 13.37 2 +1
Concerned Citizens' Movement 3,510 12.58 3 +1
Nevis Reformation Party 2,232 8.00 0 –1
Independent 11 0.04 0 0
Appointed members – – 4 0
Invalid/blank votes 259 – – –
Total 28,165 100 15 0
Registered voters/turnout 48,173 58.47 – –
Source: SKN Vibes

Elected MPs

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 bgcolor=Template:Concerned Citizens' Movement/meta/color|  Concerned Citizens' Movement
Nevis #10 Eric Evelyn bgcolor=Template:Concerned Citizens' Movement/meta/color|  Concerned Citizens' Movement
Nevis #11 Alexis Jeffers bgcolor=Template:Concerned Citizens' Movement/meta/color|  Concerned Citizens' Movement

References

  1. ^ PM Names June 5 as Election Day St Kitts & Nevis Observer, 18 May 2020
  2. ^ Election 2020 – Landslide victory for Team Unity in St Kitts and Nevis
  3. ^ Team Unity declared official winners of St Kitts Election The Daily Observer, 17 February 2015
  4. ^ Electoral system IPU
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