General elections were held in Montserrat on 2 April 2001.General Election Results - 2 April 2001
Caribbean Elections The result was a victory for the

New People's Liberation Movement The New People's Liberation Movement was a political party in Montserrat led by John Osborne. History The NPLM was established in 2001 by a merger of the People's Progressive Alliance and the Movement for National Reconstruction,

(NLPM), which won seven of the nine seats in the Legislative Council. NLPM leader John Osborne became

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Background

On 2 February 2001 Health Minister

Adelina Tuitt Adelina E. Tuitt is a Montserratian politician who served in the Legislative Council of Montserrat from 1996 until 2001. She was the territory's Minister of Health, Education, and Community Services, in the wake of the volcanic eruptions of the 1 ...

and Communications Minister Rupert Weekes resigned from the cabinet of Chief Minister David Brandt. This led to the collapse of the government, which only had a one-seat majority, and forced early general elections.

Electoral system

A new electoral system was introduced for the 2001 elections as a result of the

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rendering four of the seven constituencies uninhabitable. The seven single-member constituencies were replaced with one nine-member constituency in which voters could vote for nine candidates.

Campaign

A total of 24 candidates contested the elections. The NLPM and the National Progressive Party both fielded nine candidates, with six independents also running.

Results

References

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