2014 Montserratian general election

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.

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
Winning party by polling division
Premier before election

Reuben Meade
MCAP

 Premier after election

Donaldson Romeo
PDM

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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
Party Votes % Seats +/–
People's Democratic Movement11,59150.027New
Movement for Change and Prosperity8,19335.362–4
Alliance of Independent Candidates9654.160New
Independents2,42210.450–3
Total23,17110090
Valid ballots
Invalid/blank ballots
Total votes cast2,747100
Registered voters/turnout3,86671.06
Source: Elections 2014, Caribbean election

References
  1. 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
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