Montserrat General Election Candidates 2019 |
Candidates
are chosen by local parties, through national party
organisations - which must approve local candidates.
Candidates are not required to live in the constituencies
in which they run. No one can nominate more than one candidate. Each candidate must submit a refundable $500 in cash. This will be refunded if the candidate gains more than 11% of the ballots on election day. The candidate with the most votes
wins the constituency seat.
A total of 35 candidates were nominated to contest the election including 8 women and 27 men. Four parties will be contesting the elections. The People’s Democratic Movement (PDM), now led by Paul Lewis is fielding seven candidates, and the Movement for Change and Prosperity (MCAP) led by Joseph Easton Taylor-Farrell has a full slate of nine. The Montserrat National Congress (MNC) led by Dr Lowell Lewis has three candidates and the Montserrat United Labour Party (MULP) led by Peter Queeley has five. Queeley was previously the chairman of the MCAP. |
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Key |
MCAP = Movement for Change and Prosperity; MNC = Montserrat National Congress; MULP = Montserrat United Labour Party; PDM = People's Democratic Movement; IND = Independent Candidate; *incumbent; ** Political Leader |
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