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30 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

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30 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

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All 17 seats in the House of Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.72% (Increase3.98pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader John Compton Julian Hunte
Party UWP Labour Party
Last election 52.46%, 9 seats 38.27%, 8 seats
Seats won 9 8
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 28,046 21,515
Percentage 53.18% 40.80%
Swing Increase0.72pp Increase2.53pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

John Compton
UWP

Subsequent Prime Minister

John Compton
UWP

Snap general elections were held in Saint Lucia on 30 April 1987,[1] after elections earlier in the month had resulted in only a single-seat majority for the UWP. Despite increasing their share of the vote from 52.5% to 53.2%, the number of seats held by the UWP and the Saint Lucia Labour Party remained the same. Voter turnout was 64.7%.[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
United Workers Party28,04653.1890
Saint Lucia Labour Party21,51540.8080
Progressive Labour Party3,1766.0200
Total52,737100.00170
Valid votes52,73797.87
Invalid/blank votes1,1462.13
Total votes53,883100.00
Registered voters/turnout83,25764.72
Source: Nohlen

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p588 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p591