2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election

General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on Friday 5 June 2020.

5 June 2020

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

	First party	Second party

Leader	Shawn Richards	Mark Brantley
Party	PAM	CCM
Alliance	Team Unity	Team Unity
Leader since	2012	29 October 2017
Leader's seat	St Christopher #5	Nevis #9
Last election	27.90%, 4 seats	13.04%, 2 seats
Seats won	4	3
Seat change		1
Popular vote	8,067	3,510
Percentage	29.00%	12.62%
Swing	1.10pp	0.42pp

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Denzil Douglas	Timothy Harris
Party	SKNLP	PLP
Alliance	None	Team Unity
Leader since	1989	17 June 2013
Leader's seat	St Christopher #6	St Christopher #7
Last election	39.27%, 3 seats	8.99%, 1 seat
Seats won	2	2
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	10,316	3,681
Percentage	37.09%	13.23%
Swing	2.18pp	4.24pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Timothy Harris
PLP

Elected Prime Minister

Timothy Harris
PLP

Politics of Saint Kitts and Nevis


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The ruling coalition, Team Unity consisting of PAM, CCM and PLP, won a landslide victory with nine out of the eleven directly elected deputies, and netting a combined 54.85% of the vote. However, similar to the prior elections in 2015, the individual party that won the most votes (PAM) did not win the most seats.

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