Nevis Reformation Party

The Nevis Reformation Party is a Nevis-based political party in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Led by Joseph Parry, the party currently holds none of the eleven seats in the National Assembly. It is the official opposition party on Nevis, holding one of five seats in the Nevis Island Assembly after losing to the CCM in the 2017 election.

Nevis Reformation Party
LeaderRobelto Hector
Founded1 August 1970
IdeologyNevisian nationalism
Liberal conservatism
Monarchism
Anti-communism
National Assembly
0 / 11
Nevis Island Assembly
1 / 5

History

The party was established on 1 August 1970.[1] They first contested national elections in 1971 when they received 7.7% of the national votes and won a single seat.[2] In the 1975 elections the party's vote share rose to 16.2%, but they lost their single seat. After winning 16.0% of the vote in the 1980 elections they won two seats and became part of the People's Action Movement-led coalition government. In 1984 their vote share fell to 10.1% but they increased their representation to three seats. They were reduced to two seats in 1989 and one seat in 1993. The party has since retained their single seat in elections in 1995, 2000, 2004 and 2010.

In 2006 the party won the Nevis Island Assembly elections, taking three of the five seats and ending the 14-year rule of the Concerned Citizens' Movement. In the 2011 elections, they remained in power after winning three seats again.

The party have lost the last two elections, with the NRP currently in opposition on the Nevis Island Assembly after winning only one of the five available seats in the December 2017 Nevis Island Assembly election.

Election results

National Assembly
Election year # of
votes		 % of
vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Govt?
1971 1,127 7.7 (#3)
1 / 9
 1 Opposition
1975 1,987 16.2 (#3)
0 / 9
 1 No representation
1980 2,356 16.0 (#3)
2 / 9
 2 Coalition
1984 1,830 10.1 (#3)
3 / 11
 1 Opposition
1989 1,948 10.9 (#3)
2 / 11
 1 Opposition
1993 1,641 8.5 (#4)
1 / 11
 1 Opposition
1995 1,521 7.0 (#4)
1 / 11
 Opposition
2000 1,710 7.8 (#4)
1 / 11
 Opposition
2004 1,688 7.5 (#4)
1 / 11
 Opposition
2010 2,539 9.8 (#4)
1 / 11
 Opposition
2015 3,276 10.8 (#4)
1 / 11
 Opposition
2020 2,232 8.00 (#5)
0 / 11
 1 No representation

References
  1. About the NRP Nevis Reform Party
  2. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp576-578 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
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