Elections in Saint Lucia
Elections in Saint Lucia gives information on election and election results in Saint Lucia.
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Saint Lucia elects on national level a legislature. The Legislature has two chambers. The House of Assembly has 17 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 11 appointed members. Saint Lucia has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
Latest election
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Saint Lucia Labour Party | 37,172 | 44.09 | 6 | –5 |
| United Workers Party | 46,164 | 54.76 | 11 | +5 |
| Lucian People's Movement | 155 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 810 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,223 | – | – | – |
| Total | 86,524 | 100 | 17 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 161,883 | 53.45 | – | – |
| Source: Electoral Department | ||||
Central Castries by-election
Independent candidate Richard Frederick won the Castries Central seat at a by-election on 13 March 2006. Frederick defeated the incumbent Sarah Flood-Beaubrun and Saint Lucia Labour Party candidate Victor La Corbiniere.
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