The People's Action Movement (PAM) is a
political party
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in
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 ...
. The party currently holds four (largest share) of the 11 seats in the
National Assembly
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. PAM operates only in
Saint Kitts
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and for the
2022 general election
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* 2022 United Nations Security Council election
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is in a 'One Movement' alliance with the
Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM) operating in
Nevis
Nevis is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and ...
, following the breakdown of the governing
Team Unity alliance. PAM is a member of the
Caribbean Democrat Union
The Caribbean Democrat Union is an alliance of moderate, centre-right and conservative political parties and individuals the Caribbean. It is affiliated to the global International Democrat Union
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, the regional affiliate of the
International Democrat Union
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and shares close links with other centre-right party members in the Caribbean such as the
Jamaica Labour Party.
History
The party first contested national elections in
1966, when they received 35.0% of the vote and won two seats.
[ Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp576-578 ] They were reduced to a single seat in the
1971 elections, but regained their second seat in
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
. In the
1980 elections they won three seats, and were able to form a coalition government with the
Nevis Reformation Party to oust the
Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party
The Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP), also known simply as Labour, is a centre-left political party in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is currently in government in the country after winning six of the eleven seats in the 2022 general electio ...
(SKNLP) from power for the first time since
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
. PAM leader
Kennedy Simmonds led the country to independence in 1983, and the party won six of the eleven seats in the
1984 elections to remain in power. They again won six seats in
1989
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. The
1993 elections saw the both parties winning four seats.
Constance V. Mitcham, the first women to sit in the national assembly, was elected as a PAM candidate in 1984 and served until 1995.
The PAM remained in power, but early elections were held in
1995
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, which saw the PAM reduced to just one seat (with Simmonds losing his). They lost their single seat in the
2000 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 2000.
Africa
* 2000 Ethiopian general election
* 2000 Ghanaian presidential election
* 1999–2000 Guinea-Bissau general election
* 2000–01 Ivorian parliamentary election
* 2000 Ivorian preside ...
, but regained it in
2004, with Shawn Richards winning constituency no. 5. In the
2010 elections they won two seats.
Lindsay Grant served as Leader of the PAM until his resignation in July 2012.
After Grant's resignation,
Shawn K. Richards and Eugene A. Hamilton contested for the party leadership in 2012; Richards came out the victor and became 4th Leader of the PAM and Hamilton became Deputy Leader.
Team Unity
Prior to the
2015 general elections, the People's Action Movement formed a political alliance, known as
Team Unity, with the
Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM) from sister island
Nevis
Nevis is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and ...
and the newly formed
People's Labour Party, which was led by former SKNLP members
Timothy Harris
Timothy Sylvester Harris (born 6 December 1964) is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician, who served as the third prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 2015 to 2022. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 August 20 ...
and
Sam Condor
Sam Terrence Condor (born in 1949 in Basseterre) is a Kittitian politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Condor has a BA of economics from the University of Sussex. He was a member of the Labour Party, and since it g ...
.
Election results
References
External links
Official website
Political parties in Saint Kitts and Nevis
International Democrat Union member parties
1965 establishments in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Political parties established in 1965
Conservative parties
Republican parties
Republicanism in Saint Kitts and Nevis
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