Dominican general election, 2014

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All 21 seats in the Dominica House of Assembly
11 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Roosevelt Skerrit	Lennox Linton
Party	DLP	UWP
Leader's seat	Vieille Case	Marigot
Last election	18 seats, 61.34%	3 seats, 34.73%
Seats won	15 seats	6 seats
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	23,208	17,479
Percentage	56.99%	42.92%
Swing	4.35pp	8.19pp

Prime Minister before election

Roosevelt Skerrit
DLP

Prime Minister

Roosevelt Skerrit
DLP

General elections were held in Dominica on 8 December 2014 to elect the 21 members of the House of Assembly. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced the election date on 5 November 2014 and Nomination Day was held on 19 November. Under Dominica's electoral system, the Prime Minister has the authority to call elections at any time and is only required to give a minimum of twenty-five days notice.

The result was a victory for the ruling social democratic Dominica Labour Party, which won 15 of the 21 seats, while the remaining six seats were won by the centre-right United Workers' Party.

The 21 elected members of the House of Assembly are elected in single-member constituencies. A further nine members are appointed by the Assembly after it convenes.

Forty-four candidates contested the twenty-one constituencies, with the two dominant parties (Dominica Labour Party and United Workers' Party) running candidates in each of the constituencies as well as two independent candidates.

The opposition gained three seats, winning all three constituencies in the capital Roseau, and three constituencies in a rural belt across the lower part of northern Dominica.

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