2014 Montserratian general election
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Turnout | 71.06% ( 4.31pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
By candidate
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
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Donaldson Romeo | People's Democratic Movement | 1,695 | 61.70 | Elected | |
Ingrid Buffonge | People's Democratic Movement | 1,615 | 58.79 | Elected | |
Paul Lewis | People's Democratic Movement | 1,507 | 54.86 | Elected | |
David Osborne | People's Democratic Movement | 1,378 | 50.16 | Elected | |
Joseph Farrell | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 1,331 | 48.45 | Elected | |
Delmaude Ryan | People's Democratic Movement | 1,205 | 43.87 | Elected | |
Reuben Meade | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 1,156 | 42.08 | Elected | |
Claude Hogan | People's Democratic Movement | 1,128 | 41.06 | Elected | |
Gregory Willock | People's Democratic Movement | 1,117 | 40.66 | Elected | |
Charles Kirnon | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 1,085 | 39.50 | ||
David Duberry | People's Democratic Movement | 1,062 | 38.66 | ||
Emile Duberry | People's Democratic Movement | 995 | 36.22 | ||
Jermaine Wade | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 893 | 32.51 | ||
Colin Riley | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 878 | 31.96 | ||
Samuel Joseph | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 874 | 31.82 | ||
Leroy Greaves | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 814 | 29.63 | ||
Brenda Daley | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 754 | 27.45 | ||
Victor James | Independent | 662 | 24.10 | ||
Crenston Buffonge | Independent | 540 | 19.66 | ||
Geraldine Cabey | Independent | 537 | 19.55 | ||
Justin Cassell | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 534 | 19.44 | ||
Lowell Lewis | Alliance of Independent Candidates | 472 | 17.18 | ||
Joel Osborne | Independent | 325 | 11.83 | ||
Claude Gerald | Alliance of Independent Candidates | 278 | 10.12 | ||
David Tuitt | Alliance of Independent Candidates | 224 | 8.15 | ||
Hylroy Bramble | Independent | 108 | 3.93 | ||
Norman Cassell | Independent | 82 | 2.99 | ||
Alaric Lynch | Independent | 77 | 2.80 | ||
Wilford Meade | Independent | 68 | 2.48 | ||
Catherine Tuitt | Independent | 32 | 1.16 | ||
Winston Pond | Independent | 25 | 0.91 | ||
Total | 23,451 | 100.00 |
References
[edit]- ^ 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