St Kitts and Nevis Election Historical

2010-01-26 21:58:07 by

In the general elections held yesterday, the Labour Party won for an unprecedented 4th straight time. A massive Labour crowd descended on Central Basseterre to celebrate the victory on Tuesday morning after all the results were in.

The elections, which had long been anticipated, were delayed by a series of court injunctions brought by the People?s Action Movement against the Government to stop the re-alignment of the constituency boundaries, which was recommended by election observers after the 2004 elections. The matter is still before the court and the elections were fought on the existing boundaries.

The electorate had become frustrated with the injunctions and finally celebrated when Prime Minister Douglas and his ministerial colleagues announced the date of the elections on January 7 at Baker?s Corner before a 5000 plus crowd.

The St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party won 6 of the 8 seats in St. Kitts, while the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) won 2 of the three seats in Nevis.