2019 Montserratian general election
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| Turnout | 62.52% ( 8.54pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Montserrat on 18 November 2019 for the nine elected seats in the Legislative Assembly.[1] The result was a victory for the opposition Movement for Change and Prosperity, which won five of the nine elected seats.
Electoral system
[edit]The Legislative Assembly has eleven members, of which nine are elected. The other two seats are taken by the Attorney General and the Financial Secretary.[2] The territory is a single nine-member constituency, with voters able to vote for up to nine candidates on their ballot paper[2] under plurality-at-large voting.
Campaign
[edit]A total of 35 candidates contested the elections. The Movement for Change and Prosperity was the only party to put forward a full slate of nine candidates, with the ruling People's Democratic Movement (PDM) putting forward seven. Two new parties contested the elections; the Montserrat United Labour Party had five candidates and the Montserrat National Congress three. Eleven independent candidates also ran, including incumbent Premier Donaldson Romeo, who announced he would run as an independent after he was ousted as leader of the PDM shortly after announcing the elections had been called.[3]
Results
[edit]The Movement for Change and Prosperity gained three seats, earning a majority in the Legislative Assembly. The People's Democratic Movement lost four seats and was reduced to only three MLAs. Romeo was re-elected as the sole independent MLA.[3]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Movement for Change and Prosperity | 8,511 | 42.66 | 5 | +3 | |
| People's Democratic Movement | 5,969 | 29.92 | 3 | –4 | |
| Montserrat United Labour Party | 1,227 | 6.15 | 0 | New | |
| Montserrat National Congress | 828 | 4.15 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 3,414 | 17.11 | 1 | +1 | |
| Ex officio members | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19,949 | 100.00 | 11 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,403 | 99.63 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 9 | 0.37 | |||
| Total votes | 2,412 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,858 | 62.52 | |||
| Source: Caribbean Elections, elections.ms | |||||
By candidate
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
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| Crenston Buffonge | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 1,378 | 57.34 | Elected | |
| Paul Lewis | People's Democratic Movement | 1,251 | 52.06 | Elected | |
| Joseph Farrell | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 1,210 | 50.35 | Elected | |
| Donaldson Romeo | Independent | 1,060 | 44.11 | Elected | |
| Veronica Dorsette | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 1,007 | 41.91 | Elected | |
| Samuel Joseph | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 998 | 41.53 | Elected | |
| Charles Kirnon | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 970 | 40.37 | Elected | |
| David Osborne | People's Democratic Movement | 947 | 39.41 | Elected | |
| Claude Hogan | People's Democratic Movement | 873 | 36.33 | Elected | |
| Dwayne Hixon | People's Democratic Movement | 862 | 35.87 | ||
| Ingrid Buffonge | Independent | 861 | 35.83 | ||
| Jenzil Skerritt | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 854 | 35.54 | ||
| Charlesworth Phillip | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 822 | 34.21 | ||
| Roselyn Cassell-Sealy | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 722 | 30.05 | ||
| Emile Duberry | People's Democratic Movement | 698 | 29.05 | ||
| Delmaude Ryan | People's Democratic Movement | 687 | 28.59 | ||
| David Duberry | People's Democratic Movement | 651 | 27.09 | ||
| Norman Cassell | Movement for Change and Prosperity | 550 | 22.89 | ||
| Peter Queeley | Montserrat United Labour Party | 482 | 20.06 | ||
| Gregory Willock | Montserrat National Congress | 405 | 16.85 | ||
| Lowell Lewis | Montserrat National Congress | 327 | 13.61 | ||
| Victor James Sr. | Independent | 308 | 12.82 | ||
| Shirley Osborne | Independent | 253 | 10.53 | ||
| Jermaine Wade | Montserrat United Labour Party | 244 | 10.15 | ||
| Veta Wade | Independent | 233 | 9.70 | ||
| Franklyn Greaves | Montserrat United Labour Party | 204 | 8.49 | ||
| Bertram Lee | Montserrat United Labour Party | 204 | 8.49 | ||
| Alvin Gerald | Independent | 196 | 8.16 | ||
| Eulyn Silcott-Greaves | Independent | 142 | 5.91 | ||
| Karen Allen | Independent | 120 | 4.99 | ||
| Dunstan Lindesay | Independent | 98 | 4.08 | ||
| Chedmond Browne | Montserrat National Congress | 96 | 4.00 | ||
| Keithroy Morson | Montserrat United Labour Party | 93 | 3.87 | ||
| Glenn Francis | Independent | 92 | 3.83 | ||
| Wilford Meade | Independent | 51 | 2.12 | ||
| Total | 19,949 | 100.00 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Montserrat celebrará sus elecciones generales el 18 de noviembre". Diario Libre (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ a b Montserrat IFES Election Guide
- ^ a b Montserrat General Election Results - 18 November 2019 Caribbean Elections
