2010 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election

none Saint Kitts and Nevis parliamentary 2004 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election 2004 25 January 2010 2015 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election 2015 11 of 15 seats in the National Assembly 6 32,764 79.81% ( 21.30pp) Denzil_L_Douglas.jpg Denzil Douglas Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party 50.6%, 7 seats 6 1 12,227 47.0% 3.6pp Lindsay_Fitz-Patrick_Grant.jpg Lindsay Grant People's Action Movement 31.7%, 1 seat 2 1 8,393 32.2% 0.5pp Vance Amory (cropped).jpeg Vance Amory Concerned Citizens' Movement 8.8%, 2 seats 2 2,860 11.0% 2.2pp Joseph Parry 2011.jpg Joseph Parry Nevis Reformation Party 7.5%, 1 seat 1 2,539 9.8% 2.3pp 2010 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election results by constituency.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister Denzil Douglas Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party Denzil Douglas Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 25 January 2010 for eleven of the fourteen or fifteen seats in the National Assembly. The other three or four members of the National Assembly will be appointed by the Governor-General after the elections. The ruling Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP), led by Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, won a fourth term in office.St. Kitts Nevis Labour Party elected to a fourth consecutive term in office – Two new comers on the Labour Party Parliamentary slate and one more for the opposition http://www.zizonline.com/news/?6ACD242E-2219-22DB-ABB64B33C3C4C359 ZIZ News 26 January 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110716054930/http://www.zizonline.com/news/?6ACD242E-2219-22DB-ABB64B33C3C4C359 July 16, 2011 Labour Party wins fourth term in St. Kitts-Nevis general elections http://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/regional/decision-2010-st-kitts-voters-electing-new-government/ Dominica News Online Roseau, Dominica 25 January 2010 25 February 2019 It was opposed in the campaign by the opposition People's Action Movement (PAM), led by Lindsay Grant. Both parties received much of their support from the island of Saint Kitts, which chooses eight of the eleven elected members of the National Assembly.St Kitts and Nevis on final stretch http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/regional/01/23/bbc-caribbean-news-in-brief-94/ Stabroek News 23 January 2010 On the neighboring island of Nevis, local parties, including the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) and the Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM), vied for three seats in the National Assembly. Support from Nevisian political parties could decide control of the national government in a tight election. The continuing economic crisis was a major issue in the campaign. The national debt of Saint Kitts and Nevis had risen to US$2 billion under the SKNLP government,St. Kitts voters cast ballots in early elections https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/25/AR2010012501673.html Washington Post 25 January 2010June 2021 medicmedic roughly $50,000 per citizen. Prime Minister Denzil Douglas shrugged off accusations that he had let the debt spiral upward during his fifteen years in office: It is important for me to state that St. Kitts and Nevis has never missed any payments on the national debt under Labour. This is very important. Many countries owe less, but are repeatedly unable to service their debt. Background Before the 2010 election, the Labour Party controlled seven of the eight seats allocated to the island of Saint Kitts in the Assembly. The opposition People's Action Movement (PAM) controlled the other Saint Kitts seat. From nearby Nevis, the Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM) controlled two of Nevis' three seats in the Assembly, while the opposition Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) controlled the other seat.http://www.caribbean360.com/news/january-25th-election-day-for-st-kitts-and-nevis January 25th Election Day for St Kitts and Nevis 8 January 2010 Caribbean360 25 February 2019 Prime Minister Douglas, speaking to a crowd of approximately 15,000 in Basseterre on 9 January 2010, announced the dates for the upcoming election. He set Nomination Day for 15 January 2010, with the general election to be held on 25 January. Conduct Armed police had to respond to protests alleging voting irregularities in the constituency where the PAM leader Lindsay Grant was up against Glen "Ghost" Phillips of the SKNLP. PAM supporters contended that "outsiders" were being brought into the Half Way Tree Community Centre, 7 mi km in from the capital Basseterre, to vote.Army, police called to quell St Kitts election disturbance http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Army--police-called-to-quell-St-Kitts-election-disturbance Jamaica Observer 25 January 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100128103017/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Army--police-called-to-quell-St-Kitts-election-disturbance 28 January 2010 . Elsewhere in the country, voting was reported to be calm "amidst overcast skies following some intermittent morning showers."Voters turn out in numbers to cast their ballots ... percentage of voter turn out could be high http://www.zizonline.com/news/?6780366C-2219-22DB-AB77E2EC0DAB6395 ZIZ News 25 January 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110716054943/http://www.zizonline.com/news/?6780366C-2219-22DB-AB77E2EC0DAB6395 July 16, 2011 According to 2022 reporting by the OCCRP, there is evidence that Henley and Partners CEO Christian Kälin helped to finance the campaign of Denzil Douglas.OCCRP "A Faustian Pact": How Henley & Partners' "Passport King" and Cambridge Analytica's Parent Firm Sought to Sway Caribbean Politics https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/a-faustian-pact-how-henley-and-partners-passport-king-and-cambridge-analyticas-parent-firm-sought-to-sway-caribbean-politics 2022-03-22 OCCRP en Henley had set up a passport selling scheme in St. Kitts and Nevis during Douglas's tenure. At the same time, Henley entered into at least three agreements with the SCL Group or its affiliated companies to help each other in the Caribbean region. Henley has denied financing the Douglas campaign. However, Douglas stated in an unpublished 2018 interview that Henley did fund his campaign and that the SCL Group was hired to manage the campaign. Henley responded by calling Douglas a liar. Results On Saint Kitts, the SKNLP won six out of the eight seats. The PAM gained a new National Assembly member, Eugene Hamilton, while PAM deputy leader Shawn Richards retained his seat. Prime Minister Denzil Douglas retained his seat for Constituency Six by a margin of 1905 votes to 179. On Nevis, the Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM) won two seats, with the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) taking the third. File:Saint-Christophe-et-Nieves Assemblee 2010.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party 12227 6 –1 People's Action Movement 8393 2 +1 Concerned Citizens' Movement 2860 2 0 Nevis Reformation Party 2539 1 0 Independents 16 0 New Appointed members 4 0 115 0 32764 Caribbean Elections References Saint Kitts Category:Elections in Saint Kitts and Nevis Category:2010 in Saint Kitts and Nevis Category:January 2010 in North America