6 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 6 April 1987.[1] The result was a victory for the United Workers Party, which won nine of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 60.7%.

As the UWP had only won a single seat majority, Prime Minister John Compton called early elections, which were held on 30 April in order to try to increase the party's majority. However, although their share of the vote rose to 53.2%, the SLP retained their eight seats.[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
United Workers Party25,89252.469–5
Saint Lucia Labour Party18,88938.278+6
Progressive Labour Party4,5729.260–1
Total49,353100.00170
Valid votes49,35397.71
Invalid/blank votes1,1582.29
Total votes50,511100.00
Registered voters/turnout83,15360.74
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p588 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, pp583-584
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