The Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM) is a

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-based

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. Led by

Mark Brantley Mark Anthony Graham Brantley (born 11 January 1969) is the Premier of Nevis, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and former Minister of Foreign Affairs for St Kitts and Nevis. On May 10, 2022, Dr Timothy Harris, having lost the supp ...

, it is currently the largest party in

, holding all three seats Nevisian seats in the

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and three out of five seats in the

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. The CCM operates only in Nevis and for the

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is in a ''One Movement'' alliance with the

People's Action Movement The People's Action Movement (PAM) is a political party in Saint Kitts and Nevis. The party currently holds four (largest share) of the 11 seats in the National Assembly. PAM operates only in Saint Kitts and for the 2022 general election is in a ...

(PAM) operating in

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, following the breakdown of the governing Team Unity alliance.

History

The party was established in 1987 and first contested national elections in

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, when they received 6.4% of the vote and won a single seat. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp577-578 In the 1993 elections their vote share rose to 10.9% and they won two seats. Although their vote share fell to 7.0% in

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they retained both seats. The party retained both seats in elections in

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, 2004 and 2010. On October 30, 2017, Premier of Nevis

Vance Amory Vance Winkworth Amory (22 May 1949 – 2 April 2022) was a Saint Kitts and Nevis politician and cricketer. He served two stints as Premier of Nevis, from 1992 to 2006 and from 2013 to 2017, and served as the Minister of Sports in the Nevis Isl ...

handed over party leadership to Mark Brantley. An unprecedented move with this becoming the first time in St Kitts-Nevis politics, that an elected representative has passed on the leadership of a party without being unseated. In the December 2017 Nevis Island election, Mark Brantley remained Premier after leading the CCM to victory, winning 4 out of 5 available seats (an increase of one). Among their current executive members is Alexis Jeffers.

Leadership

led the party from 1987 to 2017, and was followed by

Election results

References

External links

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