2014 Dominican general election

Election in Dominica

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All 21 seats in the Dominica House of Assembly
11 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Roosevelt Skerrit	Lennox Linton
Party	DLP	UWP
Leader's seat	Vieille Case	Marigot
Last election	18 seats, 61.34%	3 seats, 34.73%
Seats won	15 seats	6 seats
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	23,208	17,479
Percentage	56.99%	42.92%
Swing	4.35pp	8.19pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Roosevelt Skerrit
DLP

Prime Minister

Roosevelt Skerrit
DLP

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General elections were held in Dominica on 8 December 2014 to elect the 21 members of the House of Assembly. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced the election date on 5 November 2014 and Nomination Day was held on 19 November. Under Dominica's electoral system, the Prime Minister has the authority to call elections at any time and is only required to give a minimum of twenty-five days' notice.

The ruling social democratic Dominica Labour Party lost three seats but retained a commanding majority, with 15 of the 21 seats in Parliament. The remaining six seats were won by the centre-right United Workers' Party, which has remained the sole opposition party in Parliament since the 2005 election.

Electoral system

The 21 elected members of the House of Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies. A further nine members were appointed by the President, five on the advice of the Prime Minister and four on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.

Campaign

Forty-four candidates contested the twenty-one constituencies; the two dominant parties (Dominica Labour Party and United Workers' Party) ran candidates in each constituency, whilst two independent candidates also participated in the elections.

Results

The opposition gained three seats, winning all three constituencies in the capital Roseau, and three constituencies in a rural belt across the lower part of northern Dominica.


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Dominica Labour Party	23,208	56.99	15	–3
	United Workers' Party	17,479	42.92	6	+3
	Independents	37	0.09	0	0
Total		40,724	100.00	21	0

Valid votes		40,724	98.86
Invalid/blank votes		471	1.14
Total votes		41,195	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		72,279	56.99
Source: Electoral Office

References

^ General Election Results - 8 December 2014 Archived 1 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean Elections
Labour wins 15, UWP six The Sun, 8 December 2014
Commonwealth of Dominica: Election for House of Assembly IFES

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