Montserratian general election, 2014

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
Premier before election Reuben Meade MCAP Premier after election Donaldson Romeo PDM

General elections were held in Montserrat on 11 September 2014. The result was a victory for the newly established People's Democratic Movement, which won seven of the nine elected seats in the Legislative Council.

Electoral system

At the time of the election, the Legislative Council had eleven members, of which nine were elected. The other two seats were taken by the Attorney General and the Financial Secretary. 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. 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.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
People's Democratic Movement	11,591	50.02	7	New
Movement for Change and Prosperity	8,193	35.36	2	–4
Alliance of Independent Candidates	965	4.16	0	New
Independents	2,422	10.45	0	–3
Total	23,171	100	9	0
Valid ballots
Invalid/blank ballots
Total votes cast	2,747	100
Registered voters/turnout	3,866	71.06
Source: Elections 2014