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United People's Party (Saint Kitts And Nevis)
The United People's Party was a political party in Saint Kitts and Nevis. The party first contested national elections in 1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ..., when they received 3.1% of the vote and failed to win any seats. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp577-578 In the 1995 elections they received just 71 votes and again failed to win a seat. The party did not contest any further elections.Nohlen, p575 References {{Authority control Political parties in Saint Kitts and Nevis 1990s in Saint Kitts and Nevis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. It is extremely rare for a country to have no political parties. Some countries have only one political party while others have several. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to be an essential part of democracy. Parties can develop from existing divisions in society, like the divisions betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Kitts And Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles. With 261 square kilometers of territory, and roughly 50,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere, in both area and population, as well as the world's smallest sovereign federation. The country is a Commonwealth realm, with Charles III as King and head of state. It is the only sovereign federation in the Caribbean. The capital city is Basseterre, located on the larger island of Saint Kitts. Basseterre is also the main port for passenger entry (via cruise ships) and cargo. The smaller island of Nevis lies approximately to the southeast of Saint Kitts, across a shallow channel called The Narrows. The British dependency of Anguilla was historically also a part of this union, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Saint Kitts And Nevis General Election
General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 29 November 1993. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p574 No party won a majority, and although the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party received the most votes, the People's Action Movement remained in power in a minority cabinet in coalition with Nevis Reformation Party. Results References {{Saint Kitts and Nevis elections Saint Kitts Saint Kitts, officially the Saint Christopher Island, is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis cons ... Elections in Saint Kitts and Nevis 1993 in Saint Kitts and Nevis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expert on electoral system An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections m ...s and political development, he has published several books. IDEA Bibliography Books published by Nohlen include: *''Electoral systems of the world'' (in German, 1978) *''Lexicon of politics'' (seven volumes) *''Elections and Electoral Systems'' (1996) *''Elect ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Saint Kitts And Nevis General Election
General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 3 July 1995.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p574 The result was a victory for the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, which won seven of the eleven directly-elected seats. Voter turnout was 68.4%.Nohlen, p577 Results References {{Saint Kitts and Nevis elections Saint Kitts Saint Kitts, officially the Saint Christopher Island, is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis cons ... Elections in Saint Kitts and Nevis 1995 in Saint Kitts and Nevis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties In Saint Kitts And Nevis
This article lists political parties in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Kitts and Nevis has a modified two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political coalitions, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. Before the 2015 election the conservative People's Action Movement, the Nevis-based Concerned Citizens Movement and the 2013 formed People's Labour Party founded the Team Unity alliance. After that the social democratic Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party and the Nevis Reformation Party formed an accommodation to contest the polls. The parties Saint Kitts Nevis See also * Politics of Saint Kitts and Nevis * List of political parties by country {{Americas topic, List of political parties in Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Political parties Parties A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
