Montserratian general election, 2014

Montserratian general election, 2014

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 11,591 8,193 Percentage 50.02% 35.36% Swing New 17.28pp

Premier before election Reuben Meade MCAP Premier after election Donaldson Romeo PDM

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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 Council.

Electoral system

At the time of the election, the Legislative Council 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

References

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