2014 Montserratian general election
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General elections were held in Montserrat on 11 September 2014.[1] 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
Results[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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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 |
References[]
- ^ a b Montserrat IFES
- ^ New Political Party ‘PDM’ Launched Montserrat Reporter, 2 May 2014
- ^ Montserrat votes: Polling Day Thursday 11 September 2014 Archived 11 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine Government of Montserrat, 10 September 2014
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