2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election

General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on Friday 5 June 2020.[1]

2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
5 June 2020
11 of 15 seats in the National Assembly
6 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
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 1.10% 0.42%
  Third party Fourth party
 
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 2.18% 4.24%
Prime Minister before election

Timothy Harris
PLP

 Elected Prime Minister

Timothy Harris
PLP

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The ruling coalition, Team Unity consisting of PAM, CCM and PLP, won a landslide victory with nine out of the eleven directly elected deputies.[2]

Electoral system

Eleven of the fifteen seats in the National Assembly are elected, with the other four members appointed by the Governor-General at some point after the elections.[3] The eleven elected seats are elected in single-member constituencies using plurality voting.[4]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party10,31637.092–1
People's Action Movement8,06729.0040
People's Labour Party3,68113.232+1
Concerned Citizens' Movement3,51012.623+1
Nevis Reformation Party2,2328.020–1
Independents110.0400
Appointed members40
Total27,817100.00150
Valid votes27,81799.48
Invalid/blank votes1460.52
Total votes27,963100.00
Registered voters/turnout48,07658.16
Source: Winn FM

Elected MPs
Constituency MPs Party
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
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References
  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 The Daily Observer, 17 February 2015
  4. Electoral system IPU
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