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.