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Upcoming Elections

  • Parliamentary
    2015

Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Region: Americas

Description of government structure:

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

* The Queen is represented by Governor General Sir Edmund LAWRENCE.

Description of electoral system:

  • The Queen is the hereditary head of state.
  • The Prime Minister is appointed by the governor-general.
  • In the National Assembly, 3 members are nominated to serve 5-year terms and 11 members are elected by plurality 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.

Population:

  • Population: 50,726 (July 2011 est.)

Future elections

  • Parliamentary - 2015

Past elections

Last Updated on 01/11/2013

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