2015 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election

2015 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election

16 February 2015

11 of 15 seats to the National Assembly
6 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

72.19%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Shawn Richards	Denzil Douglas	Vance Amory
Party	PAM	SKNLP	CCM
Leader's seat	St Christopher #5	St Christopher #6	Nevis #10
Last election	32.24%, 2 seats	46.96%, 6 seats	10.99%, 2 seats
Seats won	4	3	2
Seat change	2	3
Popular vote	8,452	11,897	3,951
Percentage	27.90%	39.27%	13.04%
Swing	4.34pp	7.69pp	2.05pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Joseph Parry	Timothy Harris
Party	NRP	PLP
Leader's seat	Did not run	St Christopher #7
Last election	9.75%, 1 seat	–
Seats won	1	1
Seat change		New
Popular vote	3,276	2,723
Percentage	10.81%	9.0%
Swing	1.06pp	New

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Denzil Douglas
SKNLP

Elected Prime Minister

Timothy Harris
PLP

Politics of Saint Kitts and Nevis


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General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 16 February 2015. The ruling Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, was defeated by Team Unity, an alliance of the Concerned Citizens' Movement, the People's Action Movement, and the People's Labour Party, led by Timothy Harris.