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2014 Montserratian general election

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2014 Montserratian general election

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9 of the 11 seats in the Legislative Assembly
5 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.06% (Increase 4.31pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Donaldson Romeo Reuben Meade
Party PDM MCAP
Last election New 6 seats, 52.64%
Seats won 7 2
Seat change New Decrease 4
Popular vote 11,702 8,319
Percentage 49.90% 35.47%
Swing New Decrease 17.17pp

Winning party by polling division

Premier before election

Reuben Meade
MCAP

Elected Premier

Donaldson Romeo
PDM

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

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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

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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

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Democratic Movement11,70249.907New
Movement for Change and Prosperity8,31935.472–4
Alliance of Independent Candidates9744.150New
Independents2,45610.470–3
Total23,451100.0090
Total votes2,747
Registered voters/turnout3,86671.06
Source: Government of Montserrat

By candidate

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CandidatePartyVotes%Notes
Donaldson RomeoPeople's Democratic Movement1,69561.70Elected
Ingrid BuffongePeople's Democratic Movement1,61558.79Elected
Paul LewisPeople's Democratic Movement1,50754.86Elected
David OsbornePeople's Democratic Movement1,37850.16Elected
Joseph FarrellMovement for Change and Prosperity1,33148.45Elected
Delmaude RyanPeople's Democratic Movement1,20543.87Elected
Reuben MeadeMovement for Change and Prosperity1,15642.08Elected
Claude HoganPeople's Democratic Movement1,12841.06Elected
Gregory WillockPeople's Democratic Movement1,11740.66Elected
Charles KirnonMovement for Change and Prosperity1,08539.50
David DuberryPeople's Democratic Movement1,06238.66
Emile DuberryPeople's Democratic Movement99536.22
Jermaine WadeMovement for Change and Prosperity89332.51
Colin RileyMovement for Change and Prosperity87831.96
Samuel JosephMovement for Change and Prosperity87431.82
Leroy GreavesMovement for Change and Prosperity81429.63
Brenda DaleyMovement for Change and Prosperity75427.45
Victor JamesIndependent66224.10
Crenston BuffongeIndependent54019.66
Geraldine CabeyIndependent53719.55
Justin CassellMovement for Change and Prosperity53419.44
Lowell LewisAlliance of Independent Candidates47217.18
Joel OsborneIndependent32511.83
Claude GeraldAlliance of Independent Candidates27810.12
David TuittAlliance of Independent Candidates2248.15
Hylroy BrambleIndependent1083.93
Norman CassellIndependent822.99
Alaric LynchIndependent772.80
Wilford MeadeIndependent682.48
Catherine TuittIndependent321.16
Winston PondIndependent250.91
Total23,451100.00

References

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  1. ^ a b Montserrat IFES
  2. ^ New Political Party ‘PDM’ Launched Montserrat Reporter, 2 May 2014
  3. ^ Montserrat votes: Polling Day Thursday 11 September 2014 Archived 11 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine Government of Montserrat, 10 September 2014