IFES Election Guide - Election Profile for Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II *
Head of Government: Prime Minister Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS
Assembly: Saint Kitts and Nevis has a unicameral National Assembly with 14 seats.

* The Queen is represented by Governor General Cuthbert Montraville SEBASTIAN.

The Queen is hereditary N/A.
Prime Minister is appointed by the monarch.
In the National Assembly, 3 members are nominated to serve 5-year terms and 11 members are elected by simple majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.***

*** Of the three nominated seats, two are nominated on the advice of the prime minister and one on the advice of the leader of the opposition.

Party: Saint Kitts and Nevis Labor Party (SKNLP)
Leader: Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS
Seats won in this election: 7
Seats won in last election: 8
Party: Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM)
Leader: Vance AMOR
Seats won in this election: 3
Seats won in last election: 8
Party: Nevis Reformation Party (NRP)
Leader: Joseph PARRY
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in last election: 1
Party: People's Action Movement (PAM)
Leader: Lindsey GRANT
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in last election: 0
Party: Others
Leader: N/A
Seats won in this election: 0
Seats won in last election: N/A