2014 Montserratian general election explained

Country:Montserrat
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:2009 Montserratian general election
Previous Year:2009
Next Election:2019 Montserratian general election
Next Year:2019
Seats For Election:9 of the 11 seats in the Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:5
Turnout:71.06% (4.31pp)
Image1:Donaldson Romeo 2014.jpg
Leader1:Donaldson Romeo
Party1:People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat)
Last Election1:
Seats1:7
Seat Change1:New
Popular Vote1:11,702
Percentage1:49.90%
Swing1:New
Leader2:Reuben Meade
Party2:Movement for Change and Prosperity
Last Election2:52.64%, 6 seats
Seats2:2
Seat Change2: 4
Popular Vote2:8,319
Percentage2:35.47%
Swing2: 17.17pp
Premier
Before Election:Reuben Meade
Before Party:Movement for Change and Prosperity
After Election:Donaldson Romeo
After Party:People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat)

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

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

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

By candidate

Notes and References

  1. http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2801/ Montserrat
  2. http://www.themontserratreporter.com/new-political-party-pdm-launched/ New Political Party ‘PDM’ Launched
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20140911175915/http://www.gov.ms/2014/09/10/montserrat-votes-polling-day-thursday-11th-september-2014/ Montserrat votes: Polling Day Thursday 11 September 2014