Candidates are chosen by local parties, through national party organisations - which must approve local candidates. Candidates are not required to live in the constituencies in which they run; the candidate with the most votes wins the constituency seat.

There are <<>> candidates contesting seats in the General Elections to be held on <<>> 2009. Both the SKNLP and the PAM nominated candidates in all 8 constituencies on St. Christopher; while the CCM and the NRP nominated a candidate for each of the 3 constituencies in Nevis. There are also <<>> independent candidates.

VIEW CANDIDATES BY PARTY

Party Candidates St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) 8 People's Action Movement (PAM) 8 Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM) 3 Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) 3 Independent (IND) -

VIEW CANDIDATES BY CONSTITUENCY OR PARTY IN ST. CHRISTOPHER

Constituency SKNLP PAM IND St. Christopher #1 Asim MARTIN Glenroy BLANCHETTE - St. Christopher #2 Marcell LIBURD Roy FLEMMING - St. Christopher #3 Sam CONDOR Bernard WELSH - St. Christopher #4 Glenn PHILLIP Lindsay GRANT - St. Christopher #5 Norgen WILSON Shawn RICHARDS - St. Christopher #6 Denzil DOUGLAS Junie HODGE - St. Christopher #7 Timothy HARRIS Ronald WILLIAMS - St. Christopher #8 Cedric LIBURD Eugene HAMILTON -

VIEW CANDIDATES BY CONSTITUENCY OR PARTY IN NEVIS

Constituency CCM NRP IND Nevis #9 Mark BRANTLEY Hensley DANIEL - Nevis #10 Vance AMORY Patricia HANLEY - Nevis #11 Alexis JEFFERS Patrice NISBETT -