2010 St Kitts and Nevis Election - Final Report

This report presents the observations, conclusions and recommendations of the Commonwealth Expert Team which was present in St Kitts and Nevis for the General Election held on 25 January 2010.

The Commonwealth had previously provided a Commonwealth Expert Team to the 2004 General Election, and prior to that, a Commonwealth Observer Group to the 1995 General Election. In 2005 the Commonwealth provided an expert Assessment Mission to St Kitts and Nevis, at the invitation of the Government, to provide advice and recommendations on electoral reform.

The Commonwealth Secretary-General’s decision to send an Expert Team to the 2010 General Election followed an invitation from the Government of St Kitts and Nevis. A copy of this letter and the Secretariat’s response is attached at Annex B. The Leader of the opposition People’s Action Movement party also wrote to the Secretary-General in 2009 requesting Commonwealth observation of the election.

The Team consisted of:

The Hon Chris Carter MP (Team Leader)
Former Minister; Opposition Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs
New Zealand

Mr Krishnan Srinivasan
Former Foreign Secretary
India

Ms Lorna Simon
Supervisor of Elections
Antigua and Barbuda

The Team was assisted by two staff members from the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Political Affairs Division: Ms Shennia Spillane and Ms Charlene Lee Ling.