2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election

General election held in Saint Kitts and Nevis

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
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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  |  | 1
Popular vote  | 8,067  | 3,510
Percentage  | 29.00%  | 12.62%
Swing  | 1.10pp  | 0.42pp

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| Third party  | Fourth party
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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  | 1  | 1
Popular vote  | 10,316 | 3,681
Percentage  | 37.09% | 13.23%
Swing  | 2.18pp  | 4.24pp

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Results by constituency

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| Prime Minister before election

Timothy Harris
PLP

| Elected Prime Minister

Timothy Harris
PLP

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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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Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| 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

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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
Source:[1]

## References

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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 Archived 2015-02-20 at the Wayback Machine The Daily Observer, 17 February 2015
4. ^ Electoral system IPU

## External links

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* Saint Kitts and Nevis on the Political Database of the Americas
* Adam Carr's Election Archive

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